cli-tarHow can I use the shell tar command?
The tar
command is a powerful tool for archiving and compressing files and directories. It is most commonly used in Linux and Unix-based operating systems, but can also be used with Windows. Here is an example of how to use the tar
command to compress a directory:
$ tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz my_directory
This command will create a .tar.gz
file that contains all of the contents of my_directory
. The -c
flag tells the tar
command to create an archive, the -z
flag tells it to compress the archive using gzip, the -v
flag tells it to be verbose (print the names of the files it is archiving), and the -f
flag tells it to use the my_directory.tar.gz
file as the archive.
The following list explains the parts of the command:
tar
: The command to create an archive-c
: Tells thetar
command to create an archive-z
: Tells thetar
command to compress the archive using gzip-v
: Tells thetar
command to be verbose (print the names of the files it is archiving)-f
: Tells thetar
command to use themy_directory.tar.gz
file as the archivemy_directory.tar.gz
: The name of the archive filemy_directory
: The name of the directory to be archived
For more information on the tar
command, see this page.
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