big middle finger to the universe, but especially to the colleague who made my bones hurt by pointing out that the `z` in `tar -xvzf` hasn’t been needed since version tar 1.15, released in 2004.
@april Hate to break it to you, but the `-` hasn't been needed for much longer than that. The 80s anyway.
@blakecoverett @april Dang it you all are making me feel ruddy ancient. Not that I’m not ancient but I was enjoying that delusion. Next you’ll tell me that I don’t need the -r for recursive zip file building