tldr/pages/common/tar.md
Sven-Hendrik Haase 6b906eae18 Make tar page consistent
It might confuse users if everything has no dash in front but the last command does. tar doesn't need the dash so let's keep it that way.
2015-12-29 09:25:39 +01:00

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tar

Archiving utility Optional compression with gzip / bzip

  • create an archive from files

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

  • create a gzipped archive

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

  • extract an archive in a target folder

tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}

  • extract a gzipped archive in the current directory

tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}

  • extract a bzipped archive in the current directory

tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}

  • create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program

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

  • list the contents of a tar file

tar tvf {{source.tar}}