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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