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Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (2 children)

tar --version

You're welcome

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd have gone with tar --help

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

It's insane that this isn't consistent.

Any combination of -h, -? and --help exists between tools (from 0 to all 3 of them)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Never seen -?, it's either -h, --help, or -help for programs that just want to be different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I suppose I usually try -h and if that doesn't work I try the long version or the man page.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

So would have been 1:4

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's literally there at the bottom.

What isn't valid is MacOS, it's macOS now.