A tar file is a form of archive, similar to the more common zip file, that compresses data and is useful for storage or transfer.
There are several options available:
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-c - Create a new tar file
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-v - Verbose mode: the command will list all the files it is acting on
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-f - Use specified archive file
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-x - Extract the content of the
tar file
Examples:
- Creating an archive file
tar -cvf archive.tar DirectoryToArchive
- Extracting files from an archive
tar -xvf archive.tar
- Extracting specific files from an archive
tar -xvf archive.tar path/to/file/in/archive
- Listing files from the archive
tar -t archive.tar path/to/list
