Yup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_(text_editor)

I wish I could upvote this twice.

tar czf thing.tgz things/
tar xzf thing.tgz

I have heard that when cars were a rare thing in the Old West that drivers had to stop at intersections, get out, and fire a gun to warn any horse-powered cross traffic. It sounds like total bs but there have been stranger laws…