tar - an archiving utility

syntax $ tar <options> <files>

To create an archive file $ tar -cvf myfile.txt /home/ilugc/

To create tar.gz Archive File $ 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