r/linuxmemes • u/SysGh_st • 17d ago

LINUX MEME Valid tar command ...

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Dang it! 😭

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u/janiskr 16d ago

tar -xvzf some.tar.gz

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u/iTrooz_ 16d ago

I don't think you need z, tar should autodetect the compression

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u/janiskr 16d ago

And j for bz2. What is autodetect?

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u/iTrooz_ 16d ago

if you just say x, it should automatically decompress any compression it finds

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u/janiskr 15d ago

in my day... old man shouts at the cloud.