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Some commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor)(lemmy.ml)

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this is from this post on !linuxhumor@lemmy.ml

You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning

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tar -xzf (eXtract Ze File)

tar -czf (Compress Ze File)

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

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Matricaria@feddit.de
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I’m sorry!

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Joe_0237@lemmy.mlOP
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Tangentially related. I’m being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.

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