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steam@host ~/Downloads/temp $> ls -l
total 14408
-rw-r--r-- 1 steam steam 14753093 Dec 4 10:13 EpochModTeam-Epoch-1.0.0.1077-0-g2b4ec06.tar.gz
steam@host ~/Downloads/temp $> tar xf EpochModTeam-Epoch-1.0.0.1077-0-g2b4ec06.tar.gz
steam@host ~/Downloads/temp $> ls -l
total 14412
-rw-r--r-- 1 steam steam 14753093 Dec 4 10:13 EpochModTeam-Epoch-1.0.0.1077-0-g2b4ec06.tar.gz
drwxrwxr-x 5 steam steam 4096 Nov 5 05:57 EpochModTeam-Epoch-2b4ec06
steam@host ~/Downloads/temp $> cd EpochModTeam-Epoch-2b4ec06/
steam@host ~/Downloads/temp/EpochModTeam-Epoch-2b4ec06 $> cat version.txt ; echo
0.5.0.0
steam@host ~/Downloads/temp/EpochModTeam-Epoch-2b4ec06 $> cat build.txt
826