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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (11 children)
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    tar -xvf

    but only because I had to look it up twice so now my brain has committed it to memory
    I don't even know what it does

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Unfortunately that's not valid.

    $ tar -h
    tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
    Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
    

    From man-page:

    -h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to

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