• AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPM
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      4 years ago

      Edit: tar -xvf archive.tar.gz . maybe?

      But then you have to hope you can find a tar file, and that it’s valid, you have enough space on the drive, etc.

      Better to just go with tar --help.

      • Lionel C-RA
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        4 years ago

        If by valid we mean with a 0 return code, then that’s technically true