img title=“I don’t know what’s worse–the fact that after 15 years of using tar I still can’t keep the flags straight, or that after 15 years of technological advancement I’m still mucking with tar flags that were 15 years old when I started.”
31 points
Surely tar --help is a valid tar command, right?
11 points
tar xzvf file.tar.gz I got it memorized after installing gentoo over and over again from stage 3 back in 2005
1 point
20 points
The command that I can never get right the first time is ln. I always end up creating a dead link inside my target folder, even when I read the man page directly prior.
1 point
tar -h
I’ll take my award in all ones please
5 points
tldr tar | head -n 1
