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this is from this post on [email protected]

You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tar -xzf (eXtract Ze File)

tar -czf (Compress Ze File)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tangentially related. I'm being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In Vim:

:Sex

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For newbies that know from the top of their head what a cd-rom is...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point. You can probably be 20 these days and not have really used CDs in your memory. Is this what getting old feels like?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Speaking as someone that grew up with records, 8-tracks, and cassettes: yes, yes it is.