cli-tarHow to use tar shell to manage cash?

Using the tar shell command, you can manage your cash in a few different ways. Here is an example of how to use tar to compress a directory containing cash:

tar -czvf cash.tar.gz cash_directory

This command will compress the cash_directory and store it in a tarball called cash.tar.gz.

Code explanation

• tar: the tar command
• -czvf: flags to compress, create, verbosely list files, and use the archive file specified
• cash.tar.gz: the name of the tarball
• cash_directory: the directory containing the cash

You can also use tar to extract the cash from the tarball:

tar -xzvf cash.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the tarball, cash.tar.gz, into the current directory.

Code explanation

• tar: the tar command
• -xzvf: flags to extract, verbosely list files, and use the archive file specified
• cash.tar.gz: the name of the tarball

For more information, see the following links:

• tar manual
• How to Use Tar Command to Create Archives in Linux

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