tldr/pages/common/tar.md

# tar

> Archiving utility
> Optional compression with gzip / bzip

- create an archive from files

`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- create a gzipped archive

`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- extract an archive in a target folder

`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`

- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory

`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`

- extract a bzipped archive in the current directory

`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`

- create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program

`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- list the contents of a tar file

`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00			`# tar`

Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`> Archiving utility`
			`> Optional compression with gzip / bzip`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`- create an archive from files`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`- create a gzipped archive`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Sort options for creating archives the way they are sorted for extracting archives 2014-02-27 15:49:46 +00:00			`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`- extract an archive in a target folder`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`
Add a use case for extracting gzip archives 2014-02-04 19:23:53 +00:00
			`- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory`

			`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`
add extraction of bzipped archive 2014-04-23 19:35:39 +01:00
			`- extract a bzipped archive in the current directory`

			`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`
automatic compression selection for tar Using a instead of z,j,J ... makes it easy to use different compression programms 2014-09-04 09:44:00 +01:00
fix typo: "programm" --> "program" 2015-03-02 09:06:40 +00:00			`- create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program`
automatic compression selection for tar Using a instead of z,j,J ... makes it easy to use different compression programms 2014-09-04 09:44:00 +01:00
			`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
List content of tar file List content of tar file. I recommend reducing amount of options regarding compressed files since on some OS are allowed only in -c mode. Basically : -j : bzip2 -J : xz -z : bzip2 Additionally the extract should manage as tar -xf file no matter which compression. 2014-09-10 00:45:57 +01:00
			`- list the contents of a tar file`

Make tar page consistent It might confuse users if everything has no dash in front but the last command does. tar doesn't need the dash so let's keep it that way. 2015-12-29 08:25:39 +00:00			`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`