cli-tarHow do I use the command line to tar a folder?
Using the command line to tar a folder is a simple process.
First, navigate to the folder you wish to tar using the cd
command. Then, use the tar
command to create a tar archive. The syntax for this command is as follows: tar -cvf <name_of_tar_archive>.tar <name_of_folder_to_tar>
. For example, to create a tar archive of a folder named 'my_folder', the command would be:
tar -cvf my_folder.tar my_folder
This command will create a tar archive named my_folder.tar
in the current directory.
The parts of this command are as follows:
tar
: The tar command is used to create archives of files.-cvf
: This is a set of flags used to indicate the action (create archive) and the format (tar).my_folder.tar
: This is the name of the tar archive that will be created.my_folder
: This is the name of the folder that will be archived.
For more information on using the tar
command, see the GNU tar manual.
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