tar

GNU `tar` saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive.

Overview

An archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarball. It may also be used for compression.

tar [OPTION...] [FILE]...

$ tar -cvf archive.tar /path/to/directory

Create a tar archive named archive.tar from /path/to/directory.

$ tar -xvf archive.tar

Extract files from archive.tar.

$ tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory

Create a gzipped tar archive.

List directory contents

Copy files and directories

Move or rename files and directories

Remove files or directories

Remove empty directories

Change file timestamps or create empty files

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