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`

			`tar -tvf {{source.tar}}`