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[–] olsonexi@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago (7 children)
[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Then comes a .tar.bz2 file along and you're screwed. xtract je vucking file?

Pro tip: -z, -j are not needed by tar anymore since many years, tar will autodetect what compression was used if your distro is anything remotely modern.

[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 22 points 8 months ago

Pro tip: -z, -j are not needed by tar anymore since many years, tar will autodetect what compression was used if your distro is anything remotely modern.

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