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Digest #10 - Linux tar command (with examples)

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Aug 15, 2024
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Tar command which is abbreviated as tape archive is used to group files into archives called tarballs and also compress files using popular compression algorithms such as gzip, bzip2, and xz.

Common Options

The picture below lists the most common options you can use with the tar command to perform different operations.

tar Command Operations

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