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tar -xvzf (but in German)
tar --extrahieren --volle-ausgabe --gezippt --folgende-dateitar --auspacken --volle-ausgabe --reissverschlussverschlossen --folgende-dateiI mean, in the spirit of true internalization, it should really be
teer --auspacken --volle-ausgabe --reissverschlussverschlossen --folgende-datei datei.teer.gzTeer --auspacken --volle-Ausgabe --reißverschlussverschlossen --folgende-Datei Datei.Teer.gzyou have concisely convinced me how terrible an idea this is.
Would it be less awful if the single letter switches were universal and didn't change between locales?
... and beared even less relationship to the full names than now.
Please don't even think about it.