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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 03:49:15 JST feld
   A little experiment
   
   You just downloaded this file:
   
   files.tar.gz
   
   Type out how you extract it using your muscle memory as a response to this post:
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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 03:57:05 JST dilbert 1

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     @feld tar xvf files.tar.gz
     
     I don't use dash because then the command works on every version of unix (I started my career on IBM AIX)
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 03:59:27 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @feld tar -xvf file^I would be what I'd start with.

     (I just prefer having the hyphen. :blobfoxgoogly: )

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     ™️¥ (tomey@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:07:13 JST ™️¥

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     @feld tar xvf files.tar.gz
     
     I have no idea if I'm correct because this is one of those things I can never remember.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:11:17 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @feld tar xf files.tar.gz

     And I know it works with at least heirloom/illumos, libarchive (used by FreeBSD and few linux distros as default), and GNU tar.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:13:35 JST feld

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     • dilbert 1
     @sun it's very amusing how people can be sorted into age/unix eras with this one simple task
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     :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw: (alex@boymilk.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 04:30:30 JST :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw:

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     I type into google "how do i open tar gz files"
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     tedu (tedu@honk.tedunangst.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 05:10:43 JST tedu

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     @feld tar zxf files.tar.gz, obviously.

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