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    Old XKCD, still relevant (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
    submitted 5 months ago by LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck

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    [–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 147 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    tar --help

    [–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 146 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s tar -h

    [–] Gork@lemm.ee 36 points 5 months ago

    F

    [–] foobaz@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    It's tar --help on my system 💥

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    GNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it's still just -h.

    They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.

    [–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

    tar -?, -h is dereference or smth.

    [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Nope, tar spec doesn't say anything about a help message. The man spec OTOH requires at least syntax documentation for all standard utilities to be present on the system.

    [–] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 68 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You just killed us all by putting a space between the dashes

    [–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 61 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Fuckin autocorrect was the death of us all.

    [–] Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Or by using gnu style options on potentially bsd tar