tldr/pages/common/tar.md

tar

Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip. Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar.

• 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 directory:

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

• 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}}

• Extract files matching a pattern:

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