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+title: 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 
+```