tar
Table of Contents
1. Extract
tar -xvf /path/to/foo.tar # uncompressed
tar -z -xvf /path/to/foo.{tgz|tar.gz} # gzip
tar -j -xvf /path/to/foo.tar.bz2 # bz2
tar --zstd -xvf /path/to/foo.tar.zstd # zstd
# Extract to path
tar -xvf /path/to/foo.tar -C /path/to/destination/ # extract to
2. Create
tar -cvf /path/to/foo.tar /path/to/foo/ # uncompressed
tar -z -cvf /path/to/foo.{tgz|tar.gz} /path/to/foo/ # gzip
tar -j -cvf /path/to/foo.tar.bz2 /path/to/foo/ # bz2
tar -J -cvf /path/to/foo.tar.xz /path/to/foo/ # xz
tar --zstd -cvf /path/to/foo.tar.zstd /path/to/foo/ # zstd
3. List
tar -tvf /path/to/foo.tar # uncompressed
tar -z -tvf /path/to/foo.{tgz|tar.gz} # gzip
tar -j -tvf /path/to/foo.tar.bz2 # bz2