Difference between revisions of "Linux command: tar"

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== Compression ==
#compress .tar.gz
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=== .tar.gz ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/
 
tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/
#view file contents  
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</syntaxhighlight>
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=== .tar.gz split with max size ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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tar cvzf - dir/ | split --bytes=200MB - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
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tar cvzf - dir/ | split -b 200m - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
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tar cvzf - /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/ | split -b 4294967295 - /Volumes/UNTITLED/install_macos_sierra.tgz.
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</syntaxhighlight>
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== Extraction ==
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=== View .tar.gz contents ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar -ztvf file.tar.gz
 
tar -ztvf file.tar.gz
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
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=== Extract .tar.gz ===
#uncompress .tar.gz
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz
 
tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
#uncompress .txz
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=== Extract .txz ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar Jxvf file.txz
 
tar Jxvf file.txz
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
# uncompress .tar.xz
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=== Extract .tar.xz ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar -xvf file.tar.xz
 
tar -xvf file.tar.xz
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
# view tar.bz2 contents
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=== Extract .tar.bz2 ===
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 
tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2
 
tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2
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</syntaxhighlight>Note: .gz files are decompressed with <nowiki>gunzip file.gz</nowiki>
Note: .gz files are decompressed with <nowiki>gunzip file.gz</nowiki>
 

Revision as of 11:20, 10 April 2019

Compression

.tar.gz

tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/

.tar.gz split with max size

tar cvzf - dir/ | split --bytes=200MB - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
tar cvzf - dir/ | split -b 200m - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
tar cvzf - /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/ | split -b 4294967295 - /Volumes/UNTITLED/install_macos_sierra.tgz.

Extraction

View .tar.gz contents

tar -ztvf file.tar.gz

Extract .tar.gz

tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz

Extract .txz

tar Jxvf file.txz

Extract .tar.xz

tar -xvf file.tar.xz

Extract .tar.bz2

tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2

Note: .gz files are decompressed with gunzip file.gz