Saved this. Just like I did for tens of tar cheat sheets before. No, I won't remember it exists when I'll need to use tar. I will google it. I'll read that Stack Overflow page again. I will not enjoy it.
T_T
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I didn't know about auto-compress, thanks!
i leave off the dash ;)
tar, please eXtract the Vucking File!
tar -xvf tarbomb.tar.
I'll keep using TLDR, best cli command ever.
I personally just use tldr to figure out how it's done.
That looks really cool. And finally a guide that knows -z is not necessary all the time.
Damn, I'm using the "tape archiver" (this is what tar means) since I installed HPUX8 in the 90s, from tape, yes...
I always use tldr for these things, super handy to have.
You should link TealDeer, which is the same but it's compiled in rust instead of node so it takes less memory, also, the name is cooler :)
You are absolutely right, this is way better. Thanks!
I just use atool (archive tool) instead. It works the same for any common compression format (tar, gzip, zip, 7zip, rar, etc) and comes with handy aliases like apack and aunpack obsoleting the need to memorize options.
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I've written a CLI tool in Rust as a front end to tar with gzip called Targez.
It can definitely just be done with an alias instead, but you can give it a try if you prefer something installable.
I just have pack and extract functions in my shell RC files that look at file extensions and use the proper tool with proper arguments.
Wrote them 10 years ago and they've worked flawlessly ever since!
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Or -I 'compress-command' -cf ... if not supported.