Archive.tar
| Create Archive |
tar cvf archive.tar dir_name/ |
Creating archive.tar |
| Extract Files |
tar xvf archive.tar |
Extracting all files from archive.tar |
tar xvf archive.tar /path/to/file |
Extract a single file from archive.tar |
tar xvf archive.tar /path/to/dir/ |
Extract a single directory from archive.tar |
tar xvf archive.tar --wildcards '*.php' |
Extract group of files from archive.tar using –wildcards |
| View Files |
tar tvf archive.tar |
View the archive.tar files |
| Add New Files/Directories |
tar rvf archive.tar new_file |
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tar rvf archive.tar new_dir/ |
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| Exclude certain files |
tar -cvf archive.tar --exclude='a.php'
--exclude='*.bak' dir_name |
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Archive.tar.gz
| Create Archive |
tar cvzf archive.tar.gz dir_name/ |
Creating a tar gzipped archive, filter the archive through gzip |
| Extract Files |
tar xvfz archive.tar.gz |
Extracting all files from archive.tar.gz |
tar xvfz archive.tar /path/to/file |
Extract a single file from archive.tar |
tar xvfz archive.tar /path/to/dir/ |
Extract a single directory from archive.tar |
tar xvfz archive.tar --wildcards '*.php' |
Extract group of files from archive.tar using –wildcards |
| View Files |
tar tvfz archive.tar |
View the archive.tar files |
| Add New Files/Directories |
tar rvfz archive.tar new_file |
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tar rvfz archive.tar new_dir/ |
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| Exclude certain files |
tar -cvfz archive.tar.gz --exclude='a.php'
--exclude='*.bak' dir_name |
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Archive.tar.bz2
| Create Archive |
tar cvfj archive.tar.bz2 dir_name/ |
Creating a bzipped tar archive, filter the archive through bzip2 |
| Extract Files |
tar xvfj archive.tar.bz2 |
Extracting all files from archive.tar.bz2 |
tar xvfj archive.tar.gz |
Extracting all files from archive.tar.gz |
tar xvfj archive.tar /path/to/file |
Extract a single file from archive.tar |
tar xvfj archive.tar /path/to/dir/ |
Extract a single directory from archive.tar |
tar xvfj archive.tar --wildcards '*.php' |
Extract group of files from archive.tar using –wildcards |
| View Files |
tar tvf archive.tar View the archive.tar files |
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| Add New Files/Directories |
tar rvfj archive.tar new_file |
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tar rvfj archive.tar new_dir/ |
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| Exclude certain files |
tar -cvfj archive.tar.bz2 --exclude='a.php'
--exclude='*.bak' dir_name |
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Options Description
c – create a new archive
v – verbosely list files which are processed.
f – following is the archive file name
z – filter the archive through gzip
j – filter the archive through bzip2
x – extract files from archive
r - add new files or directories
--exclude='file_name' - execute the files while creating tarball
