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Tar is used to archive file - tar

Posted By: Shruti Sharma     Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu     Views: 4472

This article explains about tar command with an example in unix.

tar command is used to archive file in unix.

Syntax of tar Command

tar r [ bBeEfFhiklnqvw [ 0-7 ] ] [ block ] {-I include-file | -C directory | file | file } 

Example of tar Command

Example 1 : To archive file1, file2 and file3 into file.tar

tar -cvf file.tar file1 file2 file3

Example 2 : To display the contents of a archived file.tar

tar -cvf file.tar file1 file2 file3

Example 3 : To display the contents of a archived file.tar

tar -cvf file.tar

Example 4 : To unachieved a archived file.tar

tar -xvf file.tar

  
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