Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck
I memorized tar -cavf file.tar.bz2 directory/* and tar -xavf file.tar.bz2
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The fact that this thread contains, like, TONS of invalid invocations that people have been editing for correctness is fucking hilarious.
Also, QED 🤠
cpio is way worse
All those years of using nautilus have made me weak
tar --extract --file file.tar.gz
Anyone else make an untar.sh?
I always remember that it's eXtract Ze File, tar -xzf... But I'll be honest, I've not used it in years and years
Tar -xvf