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Re:What is the most crude Unix tool you've ever used? by paulrpotts on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @06:13PM (#12648426)
tar has a confusing ordering of parameters (as compared to other UNIX tools) and handling of switches. It's one of those tools that I don't use that often, so I always have to look up examples.

I'm not the only one... see https://xkcd.com/1168/

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Re:What is the most crude Unix tool you've ever used? by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:07AM (#12652081)
czf, and xzf are all you really need to know most of the time. Oh, and sometimes cjf and xjf.
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