tldr/pages/common/tar.md

# tar

> Archiving utility.
> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.

- 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 a (compressed) archive into the current directory:

`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}`

- Extract an archive into a target directory:

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

- 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}}`

- Extract files matching a pattern:

`tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards {{"*.html"}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00			`# tar`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Archiving utility.`
tar: reword the second sentence of the main desc. (#1058) 2016-09-22 20:09:54 +01:00			`> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.`
Refactor: reword English pages' links' descriptions. 2019-06-03 01:06:36 +01:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Create an archive from files:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
tar: update multiple file tokens 2019-10-20 00:07:10 +01:00			`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Create a gzipped archive:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
tar: update multiple file tokens 2019-10-20 00:07:10 +01:00			`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`- Extract a (compressed) archive into the current directory:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz\|.bz2\|.xz]}}`
Add a use case for extracting gzip archives 2014-02-04 19:23:53 +00:00
tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`- Extract an archive into a target directory:`
Add a use case for extracting gzip archives 2014-02-04 19:23:53 +00:00
tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{directory}}`
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
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +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: update multiple file tokens 2019-10-20 00:07:10 +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
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List the contents of a tar file:`
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
tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
tar: extract files matching a pattern (#1883) 2018-01-14 12:41:22 +00:00
			`- Extract files matching a pattern:`

tar: simplify extraction examples (#3336) Dropped the examples for extraction of specific compressed archives, tar has had autodetection of the compression for over two decades. Removed the dashes. No versions of tar require them and all they do is cost you POSIX compatibility. (POSIX tar did not allow for the dashes.) 2019-10-10 18:28:46 +01:00			`tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards {{"*.html"}}`