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