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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(joke)
YOU FOOL! THE ACTUAL COMMAND WAS tar -?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That dash looks an awful lot like an em-dash

Normal: -

Em:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That reminds me of this Elle Cordova short: https://youtube.com/shorts/ky0YOo7_Y0o