cli-tarHow can I use the CLI tar yarn command to compress files?

The tar yarn command is a command-line tool that can be used to compress files. It takes two arguments: the source file or directory and the destination file or directory.

For example, to compress a file called example.txt into a file called example.tar.gz, you can use the following command:

tar -zcf example.tar.gz example.txt

The -z flag tells tar to compress the file using gzip. The -c flag tells tar to create a new archive. The -f flag tells tar to use the specified file as the output archive.

You can also use the tar yarn command to compress an entire directory. For example, to compress a directory called my_files into a file called my_files.tar.gz, you can use the following command:

tar -zcf my_files.tar.gz my_files

The output of the command will be a compressed file containing all the files in the my_files directory.

Helpful links

• GNU Tar Manual
• Tar Command Tutorial

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