cli-tarHow can I use the tar command in Unix to create archives in quiet mode?
The tar
command in Unix can be used to create archives in quiet mode by using the -q
or --quiet
flag. This flag will suppress the output of the command, which is useful for redirecting and piping the output of the command.
Example code
tar -cf archive.tar --quiet file1 file2 file3
Code explanation
tar
- the command to create archives-c
- the flag to create an archive-f
- the flag to specify the name of the archive--quiet
- the flag to suppress the output of the commandfile1
,file2
,file3
- the files to be included in the archive
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