Tar command in Linux

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tar

options:
-c: create the archive
-x: extract the archive
-f: create or extract with the specific archive filename
-t: displays or lists files in an archived file
-v: display info
-z: using gzip

-C: extract files into a specific directory, not the current directory

  1. Creating an uncompressed tar archive. 

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    tar -cvf file.tar directory

  2. Creating a compressed tar archive by using gzip.

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    tar -cvzf file.tar.gz directory

  3. Extracting files from archive.

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    tar -xvf file.tar

  4. Extracting gzip tar archive.

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    tar -xvzf file.tar.gz

  5. Extracting files into a specific directory.

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    tar -xvf file.tar -C /var/html/

  6. Displays or lists files in the archived file.

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    tar -tvf file.tar