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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.
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# tar
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> Archiving utility
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> Optional compression with gzip / bzip
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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 an archive in a target folder
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`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`
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- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory
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`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`
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- extract a bzipped archive in the current directory
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`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`
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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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