tar command

Definition:

• Tape archive
• Works with tarball

Synopsis:

• tar -A [OPTIONS] ARCHIVE ARCHIVE
• tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
• tar -d [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
• tar -t [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [MEMBER...]
• tar -r [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
• tar -u [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
• tar -x [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [MEMBER...]

List of options:

• .

• -c, --create: create new tarball

• …

• -t, --list: List the contents of an archive. Arguments are optional. When given, they specify the names of the members to list.

• -x, --extract, --get: Extract files from an archive. Arguments are optional. When given, they specify names of the archive members to be extracted.

• -r, --append: Append files to the end of an archive. Arguments have the same meaning as for -c (—create).

• -f, --file=ARCHIVE

• Compression options:

  • …
  • -j, --bzip2: bzip2 package
  • -J, --xz: xz command
  • …
  • -z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip: gzip command