Introduction
These are tar commands that I use often but need help remembering.
Contents
Create an archive
tar -cvf send.tar send/
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| -c | Create an archive |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
Create a gzip compressed archive
tar -czvf send.tar.gz send/
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| -c | Create an archive |
| -z | Compress archive with gzip |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
tar -xvf send.tar
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| -x | Extract an archive |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
tar -xvzf send.tar
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| -x | Extract an archive |
| -v | Verbose |
| -z | Decompress using gzip |
| -f | Specify filename |
List files in an archive
tar -tvf send.tar
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| -t | List contents |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
List files in a compressed archive
tar -tzvf send.tar.gz
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| -t | List contents |
| -z | Decompress using gzip |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
tar -xvf send.tar my_taxes.xlsx scan.pdf
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| -x | Extract an archive |
| -v | Verbose |
| -f | Specify filename |
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