tar (command)

Man Page

tar(1): manual page for tar 1.23 - Linux man pagelinux.die.net

Syntax

tar [OPTION...] [FILE]...

# Create archive.tar from files foo and bar.

tar -cf archive.tar foo bar

# Extract all files from archive.tar.

tar -xf archive.tar

# Options

extract files from an archive

-x, --extract, --get

use archive file or device ARCHIVE

-f, --file=ARCHIVE