Comments on: Good command line usage habits and tips http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/24/good-command-line-usage-habits-and-tips/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: devilspride http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/24/good-command-line-usage-habits-and-tips/#comment-111721 devilspride Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:38:09 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2702#comment-111721 tar -zxvf path/to/gzippedtarfile -C path/to/unpack z will use gzip to uncompress it tar -zxvf path/to/gzippedtarfile -C path/to/unpack

z will use gzip to uncompress it

]]> By: motoko http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/24/good-command-line-usage-habits-and-tips/#comment-111711 motoko Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:52:56 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2702#comment-111711 on 10.5.8 works: tar xvf path/to/gzippedtarfile -C path/to/unpack p.s.=I didn't know that the z option can be omitted on 10.5.8 works:

tar xvf path/to/gzippedtarfile -C path/to/unpack

p.s.=I didn’t know that the z option can be omitted

]]> By: motoko http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/24/good-command-line-usage-habits-and-tips/#comment-111695 motoko Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:46:28 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2702#comment-111695 tar xvf -C path/to/unpack newarc.tar.gz but the newarc is gzipped...tar can uncompress a gzipped file? tar xvf -C path/to/unpack newarc.tar.gz

but the newarc is gzipped…tar can uncompress a gzipped file?

]]> By: Woodgie http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/24/good-command-line-usage-habits-and-tips/#comment-111636 Woodgie Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:32:39 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2702#comment-111636 Absolutely excellent, thank you! Absolutely excellent, thank you!

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