Old XKCD, still relevant

tar --help

tar -h

I do tax -xvf filename

tar --version

You're welcome

tar -czvf tar_name.tar.gz ./

Somehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head:

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

tar --version

tar -xzf stands for tar eXtract Ze Filez

tar --help

tar --version

How does it verify the command is valid? Does it run what I enter?

If so, just give it an infinite loop followed by some attempt at a tar command:

while true; do :; done; tar -xyz

I'd like to know if there are any XKCDs that are no longer relevant.

I hitched my horse to just what I consider the basics--zip and unzip--and that has made it easy for me. But I've been stuck on those.

Extract anything:

tar xf <archive_file>

Create a tbz2 archive:

tar cjf <archive_file.tbz2> <stuff to put in it>

(And tossing in a -v is pretty universal, if that's your thing.)

Some day, instead of commenting on a reddit Lemmy post, I think I'll Google how to tell it to use .xz.

Ok, you know what? Today is finally that day. It's just capital -J instead of lower-case -j! That's easy enough to remember, I guess.

tar -cvzf /etc/

Edit: we're dead :(

Actually this reminds me, what is the deal with tar command recommendations to use or not use dash? I know GNU tar accepts both (e.g.) tar xvf file.tar and tar -xvf file.tar, but at some points people were like "NO! Don't use the dash! It's going to maybe cause issues somewhere, who knows!" and I was like "OK". Something to do with people up designing the Unix specs?

I just can recall tar xvzf but can't even remember what it's supposed to do.

Remember: Just tell tar to Xtract Z File.

I guess man tar is cheating, but it is a command involving tar. Not a command using tar, but a tar command...

Sudo halt -fn

tar -xzvf file.tar

I know tar zxf and xjf off by heart. I probably do 100x as many extracts as creates. Tar is a stupidly antiquated command though.

tar

Do people not use tab complete?

tar cJf file.tar.xz /path/to/file

tar xJf file.tar.xz /path/to/file.tar.xz -C /path/to/untar

is not very hard to remember

tar x

tar -cf file.tar directory/

tar --help

tar -zxvf yourmom.tgz /home/xkcd/yourmomnude/* This was wrong. I intended to be creating a file -zcvf.

tar, the tape archiver, I used it with tape, early 90s

I just use ouch

I've never had a problem remembering tar, but properly using PV, somehow I'm just not able to store that information in my brain.

I memorized tar -cavf file.tar.bz2 directory/* and tar -xavf file.tar.bz2

The fact that this thread contains, like, TONS of invalid invocations that people have been editing for correctness is fucking hilarious.

Also, QED 🤠

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

All those years of using nautilus have made me weak

Anyone else make an untar.sh?

tar --extract --file file.tar.gz

cpio is way worse

Now do a standard pax command.

Tar -xvf

Well, bye everyone.