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tar - archive tool: usage

SYNOPSIS
	   tar -zvcf TAR_FILE DIRECTORY
	   tar -zvcf TAR_FILE DIRECTORY/*
	   tar -zvxd TAR_FILE

OPTIONS
     -c			 : compress
     -x			 : extract
     -v			 : verbose
     -f TAR_FILE	 : use specified TAR_FILE
     -z			 : use gzip compression
     -j			 : use bzip2 compression
     -t			 : list archive contents
     -C DIR		 : cd to directory
     The options can be collapsed but f needs to be the last option. Eg.:
	   tar -zvxf tar_file

   extracting specific files
     -	 Filename(s) can be specified to extract only specified file(s).
     -	 The full path inside the tar file needs to be specified.
     $ tar -ztf tar_file
     d1/file1
     d2/file2
     $ tar -zxf tar_file d1/file1

   Using -C
     -	 Compress the contents of dir_to_compress located in parent_directory
	 into dir.tar.gz.
	 $ pwd
	 cur_directory
	 $ ls parent_directory
	 dir_to_compress
	 $ tar -C parent_directory -zcf dir.tar.gz dir_to_compress
	 $ ls
	 parent_directory dir.tar.gz
     -	 Extract the contents of TAR_FILE into EXTRACT_DIR.
	       $ tar -C EXTRACT_DIR -zxf TAR_FILE

SEE ALSO
     - OpenBSD manpages: tar(1)

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OpenBSD 7.7 linux|  Created:2025-10-03|Updated:2025-10-07|	       TAR(oh)