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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tar --help
148 1 ReplyIn the true spirit of UNIX, it’s
tar -h
146 0 ReplyF
37 1 ReplyIt's
tar --help
on my system 💥13 0 ReplyGNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it's still just -h.
They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.
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tar -?
,-h
is dereference or smth.4 0 Reply
You just killed us all by putting a space between the dashes
68 0 ReplyFuckin autocorrect was the death of us all.
61 0 ReplyLmao
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Or by using gnu style options on potentially bsd tar
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