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tar - all tar command example
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gistfile1.txt
# create archive create verbose file
tar cvf output_tar_file.tar /home/epynic/
# tar.gz
tar cvzf output_tar_file.tar /home/epynic/
# tar.bz2
tar cvfj output_tar_file.tar /home/epynic/
# Untar - current directory - works for tar, gz
tar -xvf output_tar_file.tar
# Untar to directory
tar -xvf output_tar_file.tar -C /temp/epynic/
# Files in tar list them t = list content
tar -tvf output_tar_file.tar
# Extract single file , mulitple
tar -xvf output_tar_file.tar first_file.xls second_file.xls
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