tldr/pages/common/tar.md

tar

Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or 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}}