Name

tar - file archiving utility

Synopsis

$ tar [--create] [--extract] [--list] [--verbose] [--gzip] [--file FILE] [PATHS...]

Description

tar is an archiving utility designed to store multiple files in an archive file (tarball).

Files may also be compressed and decompressed using GNU Zip (GZIP) compression.

Options

• -c, --create: Create archive
• -x, --extract: Extract archive
• -t, --list: List contents
• -v, --verbose: Print paths
• -z, --gzip: compress or uncompress file using gzip
• -f, --file: Archive file

Examples

# List the contents of archive.tar
$ tar -t -f archive.tar

# Extract the contents from archive.tar.gz
$ tar -x -z -f archive.tar.gz

# Extract the contents from archive.tar
$ tar -x -f archive.tar

See also

• unzip(1)