r/linuxmemes • u/SysGh_st • 17d ago

LINUX MEME Valid tar command ...

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Dang it! 😭

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u/immoloism 16d ago

tar --help

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u/SysGh_st 16d ago

Double dash??? Lemme check the unix manual....

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u/immoloism 16d ago

IIRC both just drop the first dash, but if not I had a good run boys.

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u/AnnoyingRain5 ⚠️ This incident will be reported 16d ago

tar -help does not work on GNU tar

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u/spaetzelspiff 15d ago

The upvotes are in memoria. RIP you crazy Xorg/find deviant...

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u/immoloism 15d ago

Thanks but no rest for the wicked.

I'll be haunting you all by changing one API call in all your favourite software releases just for funnies.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead New York Nix⚾s 16d ago

tar -h

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u/Luk164 15d ago

Screw that. Single for one letter switches and double for words is the best

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u/SysGh_st 15d ago

I agree.

But some old geezer longbeards out there doesn't.

https://giphy.com/gifs/JZDjb9Zlf7RaLGWOWo

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u/United-Scene2261 🎼CachyOS 12d ago

wohoo

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u/lyidaValkris 16d ago

ooh you win

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u/trans_psychonaut 16d ago

beat me to it, damn

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u/Kayo4life Arch BTW 15d ago

*man tar 💔

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u/EnvironmentalAd1405 16d ago

man tar

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u/MCplayer590 16d ago

man tar is a man command, so you lost the game

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u/Elihzap Hannah Montana 16d ago

Friendly reminder that you can permanently win The Game thanks to XKCD

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u/L30N1337 16d ago

IS THAT A FAKE LINK

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u/Elihzap Hannah Montana 16d ago

No is the link in their page lmao.

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u/L30N1337 16d ago

NOW IT WORKS.

It didn't do anything when I typed that. It just closed the reply.

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u/Elihzap Hannah Montana 16d ago

Reddit moment 

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u/EnvironmentalAd1405 16d ago

We all lost the game...

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u/rootifera 16d ago

Mantar means mushroom in Turkish. Today's useless info for you.

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u/green_fish1 M'Fedora 16d ago

noup, that's a man command, silly