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Create, list, and extract tar archives.

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Syntax

$tar [options] [archive] [files]

Optionen

-c Create

-x Extract

-v Verbose

-f File

-z gzip

-j bzip2

-J xz

Examples

Examples

$tar -cvf archive.tar folder/

Examples

$tar -xvf archive.tar

Examples

$tar -czvf archive.tar.gz folder/

See also

gzip bzip2

Alternatives

zip 7z

Typical use cases

Create archive

tar -cvf archive.tar folder/

Extract archive

tar -xvf archive.tar

Compressed archive

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz folder/

Note Common forms: -cvf to create, -xvf to extract, -czvf for gzip compression.

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