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+obj: application
+os: linux
+website: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tar
+repo: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
+---
+# Tar
+Tar is the most widely used command in Unix and Linux like operating system for creating archive of multiple files and folders into a single archive file and that archive file can be further compressed using other compression techniques
+
+Creating Archives:
+```shell
+tar -cvf myarchive.tar /etc /root
+```
+
+List contents:
+```shell
+tar -tvf myarchive.tar # List contents
+tar -tvf myarchive.tar path # List contents of path
+```
+
+Append or add files:
+```shell
+tar -rvf data.tar /etc/fstab
+```
+
+Extract files:
+```shell
+tar -xvf myarchive.tar # Extract
+tar -xvf myarchive.tar -C /tmp # Extract to /temp
+tar -xvf myarchive.tar /etc/fstab -C /etc # Only extract /etc/fstab to /etc
+```