Basic Format
tar [options] [archive-file] [file or directory to be archived]Key Expressions
| -c | Create archive |
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| -x | Extract archive |
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| -t | Display contents of archive |
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| -r | Append files to existing archive |
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| -u | Archive, only include newer files |
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| -v | Verbose, show progress |
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| -f | Allows you to specify the name of the archive |
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| -z | Compress the archive using gzip |
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| -j | Compress the archive using bzip2 |
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| -J | Compress the archive using xz |
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| -Z | Compress the archive using compress |
Examples
tar -cf archive.tar file1 file2
Create an archive (archive.tar) from files (file1, file2)
tar -xf archive.tar
Extract files from an archive (archive.tar)
tar -czf archive.tar.gz directory
Create a gzip compressed tar file (archive.tar.gz) from a dir
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz
Extract a gzip compressed tar file
tar -cjf archive.tar.bz2 directory
Create a bzip2 compressed tar file from a directory
tar -xjf archive.tar.bz2
Extract a bzip2 compressed tar file
tar -tvf archive.tar
List the contents of the archive
