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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    tar -xzvf file.tar.gz

    I remember the flags with a very silly mnemonic.

    extract zee veryimportant files

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

    extract zee vital files

    :)

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    eXtract Zee Vucking Files

    Also works for the reverse:

    Compress Zee Vucking Files

    (Swap Zee for All if you want it to auto detect compression)

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Is there a difference between using -xzvf and -xf? I always just chose the shortest one, I hope it doesn't matter much, my muscle memory is already too high

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

    I just created a python script so i can use [openarch {file extension} {file}]