$ tar cvzf mydoc.tar.gz /home/ilugc/Documents

To create tar.bz2 archive file
$ tar cvfj mydownloads.tar.bz2 /home/ilugc/Downloads

To untar tar Archive file

$ tar -xvf mydoc.tar 

To untar tar archive file in different location

$ tar -xvf mydoc.tar -C /home/ilugc/Music/

To uncompress tar.gz Archive File

$ tar -xvf mydoc.tar.gz

To Uncompress tar.bz2 Archive File

$ tar -xvf mydownloads.tar.bz2

To list Content of tar Archive File

$ tar -tvf mydoc.tar 

To List Content tar.gz Archive File

$ tar -tvf mydoc.tar.gz

To List Content tar.bz2 Archive File

$ tar -tvf mydownloads.tar.bz2

To Untar Single file from tar File

$ tar -xvf files.sh.tar file.sh

To Untar Single file from tar.gz File 

$ tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz backup.html

To Untar Single file from tar.bz2 File

$ tar -jxvf Python.tar.bz2 demo.py

To Untar Multiple files from tar, tar.gz, and tar.bz2 File

$ tar -xvf file.tar "file1" "file2" "file3"

$ tar -zxvf myfile.tar.gz "file1" "file2" "file3"

$ tar -jxvf myfiles.tar.bz2 "file1" "file2" "file3"

To Extract Group of Files using Wildcard 

$ tar -xvf Python.tar --wildcards '*.py'

$ tar -zxvf Perl.tar.gz --wildcards '*.pl'

$ tar -jxvf Bash.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*.sh'

To add files or directories to the existing tar archive files

$ tar -rvf file.tar file.txt

$ tar -rvf file.tar demo.py

To Add Files or Directories to tar.gz and tar.bz2 Files

$ tar -rvf file.tar.gz sample.txt
$ tar -rvf Php.tar.bz2 sample.php

To verify any tar or compressed archive file

$ tar tvfW sample.tar

To Check the Size of the tar, tar.gz, and tar.bz2 Archive File

$ tar -czf - sample.tar | wc -c

$ tar -czf - mydocs.tar.gz | wc -c

$ tar -czf - mydownloads.tar.bz2 | wc -c

To Exclude Files and Directories When Creating Tar File

$ tar --exclude='example.txt' -zcvf file.tar.gz /home/ilugc

$ tar --exclude='/home/ilugc/songs' -zcvf backup.tar.gz /home/ilugc

To exclude files with specific file extensions when creating a tar archive file,

$ tar --exclude='*.txt' -zcvf backup.tar.gz /home/ilugc

$ tar --exclude='*.py' -zcvf backup.tar.gz /home/ilugc

To remove File and Directory from Tar Archive

$ tar --delete -f backup.tar.gz sample.txt

$ tar --delete -f backup.tar.gz '/home/tecmint/songs'

To extract Specific File Extension in Tar Archive

$ tar -xvf backup.tar.gz --wildcards '*.mp4'

regards,

T.Dhanasekar