cli-tarHow do I use the tar command in Linux?
The tar
command is a Linux utility used to create and manipulate archive files. It stands for Tape Archive and is used to store multiple files and directories in a single file.
To use the tar
command, you need to provide it with the options and arguments that tell it what to do.
For example, to create an archive file from a directory, you can use the following command:
tar -cvf archive_name.tar directory_name
This command will create a tar archive called archive_name.tar
from the directory_name
directory.
To extract the content of an archive file, you can use the following command:
tar -xvf archive_name.tar
This command will extract the content of archive_name.tar
into the current directory.
The tar
command has many options and arguments that can be used to control its behavior. For more information, you can consult the manual page (man tar
) or the following links:
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