tldr/pages/common/tar.md

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}}