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obj: application
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os: linux
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website: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tar
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repo: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
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# Tar
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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
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Creating Archives:
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```shell
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tar -cvf myarchive.tar /etc /root
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```
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List contents:
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```shell
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tar -tvf myarchive.tar # List contents
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tar -tvf myarchive.tar path # List contents of path
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```
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Append or add files:
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```shell
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tar -rvf data.tar /etc/fstab
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```
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Extract files:
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```shell
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tar -xvf myarchive.tar # Extract
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tar -xvf myarchive.tar -C /tmp # Extract to /temp
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tar -xvf myarchive.tar /etc/fstab -C /etc # Only extract /etc/fstab to /etc
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``` |