# 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 cfz {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- extract an archive in a target folder

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