The tar command is used to create and manipulate streaming archive files, in
- other words it is used to compress and extract files and directories. He can
- extract from many file formats like: tar, pax, cpio, zio, jar, ar and ISO 9660
- cdrom images and create tar, pax, cpio, ar, and shar archives.
tar command is used to create and manipulate streaming archive files, in
+other words it is used to compress and extract files and directories. He can
+extract from many file formats like: tar, pax, cpio, zio, jar, ar and ISO 9660
+cdrom images and create tar, pax, cpio, ar, and shar archives.There are different syntaxes for this command:
-tar {-c} [options] [files | directories]
-The first one is the default syntax. Where
- The last one shows a “bundled” option word provided for compatibility with
- historical implementations. This command has a large number of options, but you just need to remember a
- few letters for the most important ones: If you don’t find here an option that you search, or you are interested to read
-more about this command, you can write in your terminal:
- In this case, we take the file It’s the same case as before, but we wanted to add also {-c} stays for the
- creation of a new archive, [options] for the different flags that
- we can use, [files | directories] for the files or directories
- that we want to compress.tar {-r | -u} -f archive-file [options] [files | directories]
-
-tar {-t | -x} [options] [patterns]
-tar [bundled-flags
+There are different syntaxes for this command:
+
+
+tar {-c} [options] [files | directories]
+
+
+The first one is the default syntax. Where {-c} stays for the
+creation of a new archive, [options] for the different flags that
+we can use, [files | directories] for the files or directories
+what we want to compress.
+
+
+tar {-r | -u} -f archive-file [options] [files | directories]
+tar {-t | -x} [options] [patterns]
+tar [bundled-flags args] [file | pattern ...]
+
+
+The last one shows a bundled option word provided for compatibility with
+historical implementations.
Flags:
-
-
--c creates a new archive, that contains the specified items.-r is like -c but appends the new entries to the
- archive, requires the -f option.-u is like -r but adds the new entries only if
- the date is newer than the corresponding entry date of the file/directory to
- the archive, requires the -f option.-t lists the archive contents to the terminal output.-v is used to display the progress of an archive creation in
- the terminal.-f allows to specify the name of an archive.-x is used to extract files from an archive to the disk.--exclude does not compress specified files or directories.--include compresses specified file or directories. It's
- important to know that --exclude take precedence over inclusions.
- The --include option is useful when you want to filter archives-c creates a new archive, that contains the specified items.-r is like -c but appends the new entries to the
+ archive, requires the -f option.
+ -u is like -r but adds the new entries only if
+ the date is newer than the corresponding entry date of the file/directory to
+ the archive, requires the -f option.
+ -t lists the archive contents to the terminal output.-v is used to display the progress of an archive creation in
+ the terminal.
+ -f allows to specify the name of an archive.-x is used to extract files from an archive to the disk.--exclude does not compress specified files or directories.--include compresses specified file or directories. It's
+ important to know that --exclude take precedence over inclusions.
+ The --include option is useful when you want to filter archives.
+ tar man
-
+If you don't find here an option that you search, or you are interested to read
+more about this command, you can write in your terminal:
-Example:
-tar -cvf archive.zip makesmaller.jpg
-makesmaller.jpg and compress it
- to archive.zip. We use the options -cvf, -c
- for creating a new archive, -v for displaying the progress of the
- operation and -f for specifying the name of the archive.
+
+man tar
+
-tar -cvf archive.zip makesmaller.jpg alsome.txt
-alsome.txt
- to archive.zip.
+Examples
+
+
+tar -cvf archive.zip makesmaller.jpg
+
+
+In this case, we take the file makesmaller.jpg and compress it
+to archive.zip. We use the options -cvf, -c
+for creating a new archive, -v for displaying the progress of the
+operation and -f for specifying the name of the archive.
+
+
+tar -cvf archive.zip makesmaller.jpg alsome.txt
+
+It's the same case as before, but we wanted to add also alsome.txt
+to archive.zip.
+
+
+tar -cvf archive.tar /home/Documents --exclude=/home/Documents/PrivatePictures --exclude=/home/Documents/notme.txt
+
+
+With this command we can create an archive named archive.tar of
+the /home/Documents directory, but we won't include the
+PrivatePictures directory and the file notme.txt,
+both are contained in /home/Documents.
+
+
+tar -cvf archive.tar /home/Music --exclude=*.mp4
+
+
+In this special case we exclude from the archive.tarall the
+files which ends in .mp4 and are contained in the directory /home/Music.
+
+
+tar -cvf archive.zip /home/Music --include=*.mp3
+
+
+In this case we include only the files from the directory /home/Music
+that ends in .mp3 to the archive.zip.
+
+
+tar -xvf archive.zip
+
+It's the same as the archive creation command we used above in the first
+example, except the -x option replaces the -c option.
+This specifies you want to extract an archive instead of creating one.