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How to write a 'tar' command
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Tar is as old as IT, that's why it's syntax is a bit special.
tar -xf
is not really special combining short options isn't uncommon.Where tar is nonstandard is that you can leave out the
-
,tar xf
is actually how POSIX specifies it. And we've kinda come full circle on that one with many modern utilities using a command syntax, you can readtar xf
as "tar extract file" just as you can readgit pull
as, well, "git pull".If you want to see a standard command with truly non-standard syntax have a look at
dd
.Nono, dash-parameters are new in fancy GNU tar. And POSIX is not old.