cli-tarHow do I use the tar command in a Mac terminal?
The tar command is used to create an archive file of multiple files or directories in a Mac terminal. It can be used to compress, extract, and list the contents of an archive file.
Example
To create an archive file called myarchive.tar from the directory mydir, use the following command:
tar -cvf myarchive.tar mydirThis command will create a myarchive.tar file in the current directory.
Code explanation
tar: the command-cvf: flags for creating an archive filemyarchive.tar: the name of the archive file to createmydir: the directory to archive
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