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'''Extract from an archive:''' | '''Extract from an archive to the current directory:''' | ||
<code>tar -xzvf mytar.tgz </code> - Extracts all files in the tarball into the current directory (You can specify a file name at the end to extract just that file.) | <code>tar -xzvf mytar.tgz </code> - Extracts all files in the tarball into the current directory (You can specify a file name at the end to extract just that file.) | ||
'''Extract from an archive to the specified directory:''' | |||
<code>tar -xzvf mytar.tgz -C /path/to/directory</code> - - Extracts all files in the tarball into the specified directory (You can specify a file name at the end to extract just that file.) | |||
Revision as of 19:46, 20 February 2017
creates an archive (Commonly called a tarball. 'tar' is short for 'tape archive')
Flags
-z use gzip to compress/read the resulting tarball
-j use bzip2 to compress/read the tarball
-c create a new archive.
-v verbose. tar will list all the files it's adding to the archive.
-f the result should be saved into a file (as opposed to being stored on a tape)
-t list the contents of an archive
-x extract files from an archive
Examples:
Create a new archive:
tar -czvf mytar.tgz * - creates a tarball named “mytar.tar.gz”, and archives all files in the current directory into it.
Extract from an archive to the current directory:
tar -xzvf mytar.tgz - Extracts all files in the tarball into the current directory (You can specify a file name at the end to extract just that file.)
Extract from an archive to the specified directory:
tar -xzvf mytar.tgz -C /path/to/directory - - Extracts all files in the tarball into the specified directory (You can specify a file name at the end to extract just that file.)
List the contents of a tarball:
tar -tzvf mytar.tgz