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46 lines
1.2 KiB
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---
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title: tar
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category: CLI
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updated: 2022-08-11
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intro: Concatenate, Deflate, Inflate files
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---
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## Reference
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{:.-two-column}
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### Deflate / Inflate / Concatenate
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```shell
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# Deflate / Compress
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tar -czf archive.tar.gz /path/files
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```
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```shell
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# Inflate / Uncompress
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tar -xzf archive.tar.gz
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```
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```shell
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# Concatenate files into a single tar
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tar -cf archive.tar /path/files
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```
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```shell
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# Extract file to a defined directory
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tar -xzf archive.tar.gz -C /target/directory
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```
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```shell
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# Append a file to an existing archive
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tar -zu archive.tar.gz -C /target/file
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```
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### Common options
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| Option | Description |
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|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `z` | compress with gzip |
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| `c` | create an archive |
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| `u` | append files which are newer than the corresponding copy in the archive |
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| `f` | filename of the archive |
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| `v` | verbose, display what is inflated or deflated |
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| `a` | unlike of `z`, determine compression based on file extension |
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