Create Tar Archive:
tar -cvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar shopping
Tar Archive and compress with gzip:
tar -cvfz shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz shopping
List Content of tar Archive File
tar -tvf uploadprogress.tar
Exclude Directories and Files
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz tutorials --exclude=Downloads --exclude=sample.txt
Add Files or Directories to tar Archive File
tar -rvf shopping-14-09-12.tar xyz.txt (r - append)
Extract Tar Archive:
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar
or
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz
or
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz
Extract Tar Archive to specific directory:
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz -C /html
Untar Single file from tar File
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz basics.sh
Untar Single file from tar.gz File
tar -xvfz shopping_29-1-2018.tar.gz basics.sh
Untar Multiple files from tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 File
tar -zxvf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz "file 1" "file 2"
Tar Archive and compress with bz2:
tar -cvfj shopping_29-1-2018.tar.bz2 shopping
Extract Tar with bz2:
tar -xvf shopping_29-1-2018.tar.bz2 shopping
Tar Usage and Options
c – create a archive file.
x – extract a archive file.
v – show the progress of archive file.
f – filename of archive file.
t – viewing content of archive file.
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