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Extract tar balls



I'm trying to follow _The NetBSD Guide_, but I am stymied by these instructions, at https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-fetch.html

$ for file in *.tgz
do
tar -xzf $file -C /
done

Entering that first line and pressing <Enter> just yields

"for: Command not found."

Are those steps, as printed, dependent on the use of a certain shell? I like tcsh.


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           Russell _Skeptical Essays_ (1928)





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