LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1305arrow-down1imageOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 months agoIn the true spirit of UNIX, it’s tar -h
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoGNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it’s still just -h. They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoNope, tar spec doesn’t say anything about a help message. The man spec OTOH requires at least syntax documentation for all standard utilities to be present on the system.
minus-squarejflorez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoYou just killed us all by putting a space between the dashes
minus-squareoleorun@real.lemmy.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoFuckin autocorrect was the death of us all.
minus-squarePhrodo_00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 months agoOr by using gnu style options on potentially bsd tar
tar --help
In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s
tar -hF
It’s
tar --helpon my system 💥GNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it’s still just -h.
They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.
tar -?,-his dereference or smth.Nope, tar spec doesn’t say anything about a help message. The man spec OTOH requires at least syntax documentation for all standard utilities to be present on the system.
You just killed us all by putting a space between the dashes
Fuckin autocorrect was the death of us all.
Lmao
Or by using gnu style options on potentially bsd tar