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− | [[Tar]] file can come compressed or uncompressed. Generally that are compressed using [[gzip]] or [[bzip2]]. The program, tar, will uncompress both types and extract the files from archive. |
+ | [[Tar]] file can come compressed or uncompressed. Generally that are compressed using [[gzip]] or [[bzip2]]. The program, tar, will uncompress both types and extract the files from archive. |
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==Steps== |
==Steps== |
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# Type at the command prompt |
# Type at the command prompt |
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− | #:'''tar |
+ | #:'''tar xzf file.tar.gz'''- to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz) |
− | #:'''tar |
+ | #:'''tar xjf file.tar.bz2''' - to uncompress a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2) to extract the contents. |
− | #:'''tar |
+ | #:'''tar xf file.tar''' - to uncompressed tar file (.tar) |
+ | #:'''tar xC /var/tmp -f file.tar''' - to uncompress tar file (.tar) to another directory |
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− | #* x = eXtract, this indicated an extraction |
+ | #* x = eXtract, this indicated an extraction c = create to create ) |
#* v = verbose (optional) the files with relative locations will be displayed. |
#* v = verbose (optional) the files with relative locations will be displayed. |
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#* z = gzip-ped; j = bzip2-zipped |
#* z = gzip-ped; j = bzip2-zipped |
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#* f = from/to file ... (what is next after the f is the archive file) |
#* f = from/to file ... (what is next after the f is the archive file) |
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+ | #* C = directory. In c and r mode, this changes the directory before adding the following files. In x mode, changes directoriy after opening the archive but before extracting entries from the archive. |
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# The files will be extracted in the current folder (most of the times in a folder with the name 'file-1.0'). |
# The files will be extracted in the current folder (most of the times in a folder with the name 'file-1.0'). |
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=='''See Also'''== |
=='''See Also'''== |
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*[[Howto compress files in Unix]] |
*[[Howto compress files in Unix]] |
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+ | *[http://techslate.net/zipping-and-unzipping-files-in-linux/ Zipping and Unzipping files in Linux] |
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[[Category:Howto]] |
[[Category:Howto]] |
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[[Category:linux]] |
[[Category:linux]] |
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[[Category:unix]] |
[[Category:unix]] |
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+ | [[Category:Tar]] |
Latest revision as of 13:54, 14 June 2020
Tar file can come compressed or uncompressed. Generally that are compressed using gzip or bzip2. The program, tar, will uncompress both types and extract the files from archive.
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Steps
- Type at the command prompt
- tar xzf file.tar.gz- to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz)
- tar xjf file.tar.bz2 - to uncompress a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2) to extract the contents.
- tar xf file.tar - to uncompressed tar file (.tar)
- tar xC /var/tmp -f file.tar - to uncompress tar file (.tar) to another directory
- x = eXtract, this indicated an extraction c = create to create )
- v = verbose (optional) the files with relative locations will be displayed.
- z = gzip-ped; j = bzip2-zipped
- f = from/to file ... (what is next after the f is the archive file)
- C = directory. In c and r mode, this changes the directory before adding the following files. In x mode, changes directoriy after opening the archive but before extracting entries from the archive.
- The files will be extracted in the current folder (most of the times in a folder with the name 'file-1.0').