cli-tarHow do I use the tar command?
The tar
command is a powerful archiving tool used to create, manage, and extract files from a compressed archive. It is commonly used to compress and distribute large files and directories.
To use the tar
command, you must specify the options you want to use and the name of the archive file. For example, to create an archive file named my_archive.tar
containing the files file1.txt
and file2.txt
, you would use the following command:
tar -cf my_archive.tar file1.txt file2.txt
To extract the files from the archive, you would use the following command:
tar -xf my_archive.tar
The options used in the command are as follows:
-c
: Create an archive.-f
: Specify the archive filename.-x
: Extract files from the archive.
For more information about the tar
command, see the GNU tar manual.
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