Old XKCD, still relevant
Old XKCD, still relevant
Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck
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I hitched my horse to just what I consider the basics--zip and unzip--and that has made it easy for me. But I've been stuck on those.
Extract anything:
tar xf <archive_file>
Create a tbz2 archive:
tar cjf <archive_file.tbz2> <stuff to put in it>
(And tossing in a
-v
is pretty universal, if that's your thing.)Some day, instead of commenting on a
redditLemmy post, I think I'll Google how to tell it to use.xz
.Ok, you know what? Today is finally that day. It's just capital
-J
instead of lower-case-j
! That's easy enough to remember, I guess.19 0 ReplyStay by the phone always. We may need you to defuse a bomb someday.
15 1 ReplyNever thought I'd learn how to use
tar
on a meme post.9 0 ReplyMemes are one of the best source for Linux info 👍.
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