Comment on Show HN: Extract it – Because nobody can remember tar commandsparentComments−archinal11yDon't you need the z flag as well since filename is gzipped?−jamiesonbecker11yNot anymore! GNU tar now figures it out automagically :)−oofabz11yBSD tar also has this functionality. "tar -xf <filename>" works for archives compressed with gzip, bzip2, or xz.
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Don't you need the z flag as well since filename is gzipped?
Not anymore! GNU tar now figures it out automagically :)
BSD tar also has this functionality. "tar -xf <filename>" works for archives compressed with gzip, bzip2, or xz.