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 > Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.
 > More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
 
-- Create an archive from files:
+- [c]reate an archive from [f]iles:
 
 `tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
 
-- Create a gzipped archive:
+- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from [f]iles:
 
 `tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
 
-- Create a gzipped archive from a directory using relative paths:
+- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths:
 
-`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} -C {{path/to/directory}} .`
+`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} --directory={{path/to/directory}} .`
 
-- Extract a (compressed) archive into the current directory:
+- E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory:
 
 `tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}`
 
-- Extract a (compressed) archive into the target directory:
+- E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory:
 
-`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}} -C {{directory}}`
+`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}} --directory={{directory}}`
 
-- Create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program:
+- [c]reate a compressed archive from [f]iles, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program:
 
 `tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
 
-- List the contents of a tar file:
+- Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:
 
 `tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
 
-- Extract files matching a pattern:
+- E[x]tract [f]iles matching a pattern:
 
 `tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards "{{*.html}}"`