tar
Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/tar.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install tar
- Ubuntu
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apt-get install tar
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Alpine
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apk add tar
- Arch Linux
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pacman -S tar
- Kali Linux
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apt-get install tar
- CentOS
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yum install tar
- Fedora
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dnf install tar
- Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tar
- Raspbian
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apt-get install tar
- Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/tar
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/tar tar
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Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
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[c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile:
tar cf target.tar file1 file2 file3
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[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:
tar czf target.tar.gz file1 file2 file3
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[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths:
tar czf target.tar.gz --directory=path/to/directory .
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E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory [v]erbosely:
tar xvf source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]
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E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory:
tar xf source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz] --directory=directory
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[c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program:
tar caf target.tar.xz file1 file2 file3
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Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:
tar tvf source.tar
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E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile:
tar xf source.tar --wildcards "*.html"
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