tar

Archiving utility.

Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2.

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• [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile:

tar cf {target.tar} {file1} {file2} {file3}

• [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:

tar czf {target.tar.gz} {file1} {file2} {file3}

• [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths:

tar czf {target.tar.gz} --directory={path/to/directory} .

• E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory [v]erbosely:

tar xvf {source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}

• E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory:

tar xf {source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]} --directory={directory}

• [c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program:

tar caf {target.tar.xz} {file1} {file2} {file3}

• Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:

tar tvf {source.tar}

• E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile:

tar xf {source.tar} --wildcards "{*.html}"

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