Difference between revisions of "Linux command: tar"

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#!/bin/bash
 
 
#compress .tar.gz
 
#compress .tar.gz
 
tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/
 
tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/
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#view file contents
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tar -ztvf file.tar.gz
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#uncompress .tar.gz
 
#uncompress .tar.gz
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# uncompress .tar.xz
 
# uncompress .tar.xz
 
tar -xvf file.tar.xz
 
tar -xvf file.tar.xz
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# view tar.bz2 contents
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tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2
 
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Revision as of 08:09, 3 August 2015

#compress .tar.gz
tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/
#view file contents 
tar -ztvf file.tar.gz


#uncompress .tar.gz
tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz

#uncompress .txz
tar Jxvf file.txz

# uncompress .tar.xz
tar -xvf file.tar.xz

# view tar.bz2 contents
tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2