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Name
tar - file archiving utility
Synopsis
$ tar [--create] [--extract] [--list] [--verbose] [--gzip] [--file FILE] [PATHS...]
Description
tar is an archiving utility designed to store multiple files in an archive file (tarball).
Files may also be compressed and decompressed using GNU Zip (GZIP) compression.
Options
-c,--create: Create archive-x,--extract: Extract archive-t,--list: List contents-v,--verbose: Print paths-z,--gzip: compress or uncompress file using gzip-f,--file: Archive file
Examples
# List the contents of archive.tar
$ tar -t -f archive.tar
# Extract the contents from archive.tar.gz
$ tar -x -z -f archive.tar.gz
# Extract the contents from archive.tar
$ tar -x -f archive.tar