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Old XKCD, still relevant (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck

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[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 145 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 144 points 2 weeks ago

In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s tar -h

[-] foobaz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's tar --help on my system 💥

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

GNU 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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