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Tar command |
Tar-command
Command used for creating .tar.gz or .tgz archives or extracting .tar.gz or .tgz archives
tar -czvf ../archive_name.tar.gz /path/to/directory_or_file
tar -xzvf ../archive_name.tgz /path/to/directory_or_file
-c -> Create an archive
-x -> Extract an archive
-z -> Compress the archive with gunzip
-v -> Stands for verbose and shows the progress in the terminal while creating the archive or extracting one. This one is optional
-f -> Allows you to specify the filename of the archive
EXAMPLES OF CREATING ARCHIVES
Example of compressing single file
tar -czvf myArchive.tar.gz /usr/local/myFiles/myFileToArchive.txt
Example of compressing single direcotry
tar -czvf myArchive.tar.gz /usr/local/myFiles
Example of compressing multiple direcotries
tar -czvf myArchive.tar.gz /usr/local/myFiles /usr/local/myFiles2 /usr/local/myLog.txt
Example of compressing directory excluding some files from same directory
tar -czvf myArchive.tar.gz /usr/local/myFiles --exclude=/usr/local/myFiles/myFileToArchive.txt
EXAMPLES OF EXTRACTING ARCHIVES
Example of decompressing single archive
tar -xzvf myArchive.tar.gz
Example of decompressing single archive to specific location
tar -xzvf myArchive.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
Example of decompressing single archive from specific location to current directory
tar -xzvf /usr/local/myArchive.tar.gz