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# tar
> Archiving utility
> Optional compression with gzip / bzip
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- create an archive from files
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`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
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- create a gzipped archive
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`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
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- extract an archive in a target folder
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`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`
- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory
`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`
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- extract a bzipped archive in the current directory
`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`
- create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression programm
`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
- list the contents of a tar file
`tar -tvf {{source.tar}}`