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Sven-Hendrik Haase 6b906eae18 Make tar page consistent
It might confuse users if everything has no dash in front but the last command does. tar doesn't need the dash so let's keep it that way.
2015-12-29 09:25:39 +01:00

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# 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}}`