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# tar
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> Archiving utility.
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> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
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- Create an archive from files:
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`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
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- Create a gzipped archive:
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`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
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- Extract a (compressed) archive into the current directory:
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`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}`
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- Extract an archive into a target directory:
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`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{directory}}`
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- Create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program:
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`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
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- List the contents of a tar file:
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`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
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- Extract files matching a pattern:
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`tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards {{"*.html"}}`
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