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Wouldn’t tar --help suffice? Afaik, it returns exit code 0.
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Depends. Is it GNU tar, BSD tar or some old school Unix tar?
Double hyphen “long options” are a typical GNU thing.
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~# tar -h
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
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WARNING: Self destruct sequence initiated
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