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 -
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 updatesudo 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 tarpowered by Commando
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 path/to/target.tar path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... -
[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:
tar czf path/to/target.tar.gz path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... -
[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths:
tar czf path/to/target.tar.gz --directory=path/to/directory . -
E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory [v]erbosely:
tar xvf path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz] -
E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory:
tar xf path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz] --directory=path/to/directory -
[c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using the file extension to [a]utomatically determine the compression program:
tar caf path/to/target.tar.xz path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... -
Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:
tar tvf path/to/source.tar -
E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile:
tar xf path/to/source.tar --wildcards "*.html"
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