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ouch:tldr:33361

ouch: Decompress a file to a specific location.
$ ouch decompress ${path-to-archive-tar-xz} --dir ${path-to-directory}
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The command "ouch decompress" is used to extract the contents of an archive. It takes two arguments:

  1. "${path-to-archive-tar-xz}": This is the path to the archive file you want to decompress. In this case, the archive file is in the tar.xz format. Replace "${path-to-archive-tar-xz}" with the actual path to your archive file.

  2. "--dir ${path-to-directory}": This is an option that specifies the directory where the contents of the archive should be extracted. Replace "${path-to-directory}" with the actual path to the directory where you want the contents to be extracted.

Overall, the command is used to decompress a tar.xz archive and extract its contents into a specific directory.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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