TotallyNotCommunist@lemmygrad.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHigh quality diagram explaining how to decompress tar fileslemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12
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minus-squaredeeply_moving_queef@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agotar -xzvf file.tar.gz I remember the flags with a very silly mnemonic. extract zee veryimportant files
minus-squarenothacking@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoeXtract Zee Vucking Files Also works for the reverse: Compress Zee Vucking Files (Swap Zee for All if you want it to auto detect compression)
minus-squaresapient [they/them]@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoextract zee vital files :)
minus-squareTotallyNotCommunist@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIs 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
tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
I remember the flags with a very silly mnemonic.
extract zee veryimportant files
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)
extract zee vital files
:)
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