cli-tarHow do I use the Unix tar command?
The Unix tar
command is used to create, extract, and manipulate files and directories in an archive format.
To create an archive, use the following command:
tar -cvf archive.tar directory_name
This command will create an archive called archive.tar
that contains all the files and directories in directory_name
.
To extract an archive, use the following command:
tar -xvf archive.tar
This command will extract all the files and directories in archive.tar
into the current working directory.
To list the contents of an archive, use the following command:
tar -tvf archive.tar
This command will list the contents of archive.tar
in the terminal.
The tar
command has many other options that can be used to modify the behavior of the command. For more information, see the GNU tar Manual.
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