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tar -vczfx123 ought to do it (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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img title="I don't know what's worse--the fact that after 15 years of using tar I still can't keep the flags straight, or that after 15 years of technological advancement I'm still mucking with tar flags that were 15 years old when I started."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can remember regex, but I need to check tar almost every time.