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Some commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As always, there is an xkdc about this

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

tar -xzf (eXtract Ze File)

tar -czf (Compress Ze File)

[–] eyvind 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mmmnnn z means (de)compress, c means create: -xf and -cf extract and create uncompressed tarballs. Also it’s far more complicated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’m sorry!

boom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Tangentially related. I'm being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.