#Name

tar - file archiving utility

#Synopsis

$ tar [--create] [--extract] [--list] [--verbose] [--gzip] [--no-auto-compress] [--directory DIRECTORY] [--file FILE] [PATHS...]

#Description

tar is an archiving utility designed to store multiple files in an archive file (tarball).

Files may also be compressed and decompressed using GNU Zip (GZIP) compression.

#Options

• -c, --create: Create archive
• -x, --extract: Extract archive
• -t, --list: List contents
• -v, --verbose: Print paths
• -z, --gzip: Compress or decompress file using gzip
• --lzma: Compress or decompress file using lzma
• -J, --xz: Compress or decompress file using xz
• --no-auto-compress: Do not use the archive suffix to select the compression algorithm
• -C DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY: Directory to extract to/create from
• -f FILE, --file FILE: Archive file

#Examples

# List the contents of archive.tar
$ tar -t -f archive.tar

# Extract the contents from archive.tar.gz
$ tar -x -z -f archive.tar.gz

# Extract the contents from archive.tar
$ tar -x -f archive.tar

#See also

• unzip(1)