On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 08:54:56AM -0700, waltsmayl@gmail.com wrote:
>
> ---In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, <rvdidit@...> wrote :
>
> Well, everyone disappeared.
>
> The only additional information I can give you is what I typed in to
> the control panel:
>
> "
> ross@ross-E-4500S:~$ tar-xvzf Downloads/jre-7u55-Linux-x64.tar.gz gedit .bash_profile
> tar-xvzf: ross@ross-E-4500S:~$ tar-xvzf Downloads/jre-7u55-Linux-x64.tar.gz gedit .bash_profile
> tar-xvzf: command not found
> "
> I probably tried about 30 variations of the above, but "file not found" and "command not found' are what I got back.
>
> Ross
Someone probably wrote tar -xvzf (note the space). However, with tar, you
don't even need the dash. So a simple tar<space>xvzf, e.g., tar xvzf
should do it.
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