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Tar combinations
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tar_folder.sh
-z: Compress archive using gzip program
-c: Create archive
-v: Verbose i.e display progress while creating archive
-f: Archive File name
(this creates archive)
tar -zcvf archive_name.tar.gz /home/tom/and/jerry/
-x: Extract files
(this extracts archive)
tar -zxvf archive_name.tar.gz [-C /output/folder]
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