tar
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[A woman and a man wearing a white hat stand next to a nuclear bomb. The bomb has a hatch open on top, and a small blinking screen. The two people are shouting off-screen.]]
Woman: Rob! You use Unix!
Man: Come quick!
[[The woman, man, and Rob look at the screen. Rob peers closely. The screen reads:
To disarm the bomb, simply enter a valid tar command on your first try. No Googling. You have TEN seconds.
~# _ ]]
[[They continue to peer.]]
Man: ... Rob?
Rob: I'm so sorry.
{{Title text: I don't know what's worse--the fact that after 15 years of using tar I still can't keep the flags straight, or that after 15 years of technological advancement I'm still mucking with tar flags that were 15 years old when I started.}}
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