File CompressionLesson 39Free preview

Bash TAR Archive

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Summary

The tar command creates and extracts archives, often combined with gzip to reduce the size. On the tar option, c to create, x to extract, z to gzip, v to verbose, and f to specify the file name. The order of the options must be correct, especially f followed by the file name.

Key points

Tar -czvf arsip.tar.gz folder makes the archives compressed
Tar -xzvf arsip.tar.gz extract the archives
F should be placed at the very end because it needs a file name
t displays the contents of the archive without extracting

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