linux_wiki:tar

Tar

General Information

Tar archiving utility.

Checklist

  • Distro(s): Any

Tar Options

Options

  • -c ⇒ create new archive
  • -t ⇒ list contents of archive
  • -x ⇒ extract files from archive
  • -z ⇒ compress or decompress in gzip (depending upon if -x or -c was also passed)
  • -v ⇒ display files as they are processed
  • -j ⇒ use bzip2
  • -r ⇒ append/add file to the end of the existing archive
  • -u ⇒ update a file in an existing archive if the source is newer
  • -f ⇒ archive filename
  • –selinux ⇒ include selinux contexts

Tar Examples

Archive and compress (using gzip) the /var/log directory

tar -cvzf logs.tar.gz /var/log


List contents of archive

tar -tf logs.tar.gz


Decompress and unpack at the same time to current directory

tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz


Decompress and unpack at the same time to a different existing directory

tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz -C /home/rjones/data/


Add a new file to an existing archive

tar -rvf logs.tar newlog.log

  • linux_wiki/tar.txt
  • Last modified: 2019/05/25 23:50
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