tar fxvz: file extract verbose ... z-zip... what is a bit nerve wracking, is that the user has to specify the algorithm to unpack or pack. other programs just find it out themselves by looking at the ENDING of the damn file X-D
@SilouettE As a matter of fact tar can usually do this just fine on unpacking (just use plain tar x), but you still need to specify what you want to use when packing.
In Debian at least, unp is always in the repos. It's a wrapper around all sorts of packages. Because, let's face it, most archives I get are split between .zip and .rar -- and I ain't memorising all the different flags those individual tools have. 😁
Oddly enough, I've never had problems memorising tar zxvf, even though it's been a hot century since I've unpacked a .tar.gz manually.
SilouettE
•Guy Geens
•https://m.xkcd.com/1168/
xkcd: tar
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SilouettE
•other programs just find it out themselves by looking at the ENDING of the damn file X-D
Andrew Pam
•tar x), but you still need to specify what you want to use when packing.Thanatos
•Oddly enough, I've never had problems memorising tar zxvf, even though it's been a hot century since I've unpacked a .tar.gz manually.
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