Linux: Extract a tar/gzip file
tar -xf <file.tar.gz>
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I usually just use tar -xf <file.tar.gz> on .gz files, omitting the z as tar usually figures out the compression type.
over 1 year ago
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Great thanks for the tip, I'm going to use that from now on.
over 1 year ago
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