tar -vczfx123 ought to do it
tar -vczfx123 ought to do it
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A little trick I learned on here was to imagine yourself as a little evil man saying "Extract ze files!" in a German accent. Extract ze files >>> xzf.
109 0 ReplyOnly works for tar.gz. Remember there's also tar.xz, tar.bz, tar.bz2 and half have their own extractor flag. FUN. It's usually J.
26 1 ReplyThe post only calls for "a valid tar command", not that it has to work for any specific circumstance.
25 0 Replyxaf
(extract a file) auto-detects the format.13 0 ReplyExtract Any File
6 0 ReplyExtract All Files
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I don't remember the last time I had to worry about the compression. I simply run
tar xf myfile.tar.whatever
and it works every time.3 0 Reply
That sounds a lot like Czech, "ze" means "from" if you translate it into English
8 1 ReplyLooks, not sounds. Ahoj!
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I still use that. 😅
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