tldr-pages: Practical Command-Line Cheatsheets

# tar

> Archiving utility.
> Often combined with a compression method, such as `gzip` or `bzip2`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html>.

- [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile:

`tar cf {{path/to/target.tar}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`

- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:

`tar czf {{path/to/target.tar.gz}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`

- E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory [v]erbosely:

`tar xvf {{path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}`

- Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:

`tar tvf {{path/to/source.tar}}`