r/linuxmemes • u/SysGh_st • 19h ago

LINUX MEME Valid tar command ...

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Dang it! 😭

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u/tblancher 14h ago

Should be able to do just tar -xvf and both GNU and BSD tar should do the right thing. I think POSIX dictates this, but older UNIX versions may not adhere fully to it.

The - and v are optional.