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minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years ago-xf is all you need Also most file managers handle it easily
minus-squarejanAkali@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·2 years agoI don’t understand. How is it hard to remember: “eXtract File” = “tar xf …”? If tar is gZipped - it’s “tar xzf …”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen tarball that wouldn’t work with one of these two commands.
minus-squareProgrammer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoUsually the distro has tar in automatic and automatically detects which compression flag to use so tar xf ... usually just works
minus-squarechellomere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYeah it’s many years that I haven’t had to specify z, j etc.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoNever encountered a bz2 tar? Then the flag is j.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoJust use tar xaf to auto-detect the format. (Mnemonic: “extract a file”)
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years agoeXtract Zi Files - xzf
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Xctract zee file
xzf
-xf is all you need
Also most file managers handle it easily
I don’t understand.
How is it hard to remember: “eXtract File” = “tar xf …”? If tar is gZipped - it’s “tar xzf …”.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen tarball that wouldn’t work with one of these two commands.
Usually the distro has tar in automatic and automatically detects which compression flag to use so
tar xf ...usually just worksYeah it’s many years that I haven’t had to specify z, j etc.
Never encountered a bz2 tar? Then the flag is
j.Just use
tar xafto auto-detect the format. (Mnemonic: “extract a file”)eXtract Zi Files - xzf