@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • edit-21 year agoSome commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor)lemmy.mlimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1203arrow-down1imageSome commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor)lemmy.ml@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • edit-21 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
this is from this post on [email protected] You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning
minus-squareMatricarialinkfedilink14•edit-21 year agotar -xzf (eXtract Ze File) tar -czf (Compress Ze File)
minus-square@eyvindlink6•1 year agoMmmnnn z means (de)compress, c means create: -xf and -cf extract and create uncompressed tarballs. Also it’s far more complicated.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•1 year agoTangentially related. I’m being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.
As always, there is an xkdc about this
tar -xzf
(eXtract Ze File)tar -czf
(Compress Ze File)Mmmnnn z means (de)compress, c means create:
-xf
and-cf
extract and create uncompressed tarballs. Also it’s far more complicated.I’m sorry!
boom
Tangentially related. I’m being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.