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tar -vczfx123 ought to do it
(imgs.xkcd.com)
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tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz
eXtract Zhe Vucking File
Sorry, it was Solaris - you just blew it up (the minus is invalid on many Unix versions of tar)
Oh come on!
Inadvertent oracle attack.