tar - Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.
Syntax
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| tar [OPTION...] [FILE]...
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| Option |
Description |
| -c |
create a new archive |
| -f |
specify archive file |
| -t |
list |
| -x |
extract |
| –exclude |
exclude files, given as a pattern |
| Compression Option |
Description |
| -z |
use gzip |
| -j |
use bzip2 |
| -Z |
use compress |
Example
Create archive from files
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| tar -cvf archive.tar file1 file2 dir1 dir2
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Create gzipped archive
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| tar -czvf archive.tar.gz file1 file2 dir1 dir2
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List files in archive
List files in gzipped archive
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| tar -tzvf archive.tar.gz
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| tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz
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| tar -xvf archive.tar -C dest
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| tar -xvf archive.tar file1
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