Tar and untar files and folders
Posted on: May 22, 2015 /
Categories: Linux
tar
tar files
tar cvf dest.tar file.txt file2.txt
Tarring folders
tar cvf dest.tar myfolder/
Untar the file or folder
tar xvf dest.tar
tar.gz
Compress using gzip:
tar cvfz dest.tar.gz myfolder/
Uncompress zip file:
tar xvfz dest.tar.gz
tar.bz
tar cvjf dest.tar.bz2 myfolder/
Extract:
tar xvjf dest.tar.bz2
Extracting individual files
tar xvjf dest.tar.bz2 textfile.txt