====== tar commnad and usage ======
| tar usage | Example |
| Create tar Archive File .tar | tar -cvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar /home/tecmint/ \\ c – Creates a new .tar archive file. \\ v – Verbosely show the .tar file progress. \\ -f – File name type of the archive file. |
| Create tar.gz Archive File | # tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz /home/MyImages \\ OR # tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tgz /home/MyImages |
| Create tar.bz2 Archive File | # tar cvfj Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 /home/php \\ OR # tar cvfj Phpfiles-org.tar.tbz /home/php \\ OR # tar cvfj Phpfiles-org.tar.tb2 /home/php |
| Untar tar Archive File | ## Untar files in Current Directory ## \\ # tar -xvf public_html-14-09-12.tar \\## Untar files in specified Directory ## \\ # tar -xvf public_html-14-09-12.tar -C /home/public_html/videos/ |
| Uncompress tar.gz Archive File | tar -xvf thumbnails-14-09-12.tar.gz |
| Uncompress tar.bz2 Archive File | tar -xvf videos-14-09-12.tar.bz2 |
| List Content of tar Archive File | tar -tvf uploadprogress.tar |
| List Content tar.gz Archive File | tar -tvf staging.tecmint.com.tar.gz |
| List Content tar.bz2 Archive File | tar -tvf Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 |
| Untar Single file from tar File | # tar -xvf cleanfiles.sh.tar cleanfiles.sh \\ OR \\ # tar --extract --file=cleanfiles.sh.tar cleanfiles.sh |
| Untar Single file from tar.gz File | # tar -zxvf tecmintbackup.tar.gz tecmintbackup.xml \\ OR \\ # tar --extract --file=tecmintbackup.tar.gz tecmintbackup.xml |
| Untar Single file from tar.bz2 File | # tar -jxvf Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 home/php/index.php \\ OR \\ # tar --extract --file=Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 /home/php/index.php |
| Untar Multiple files from tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 File | # tar -xvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar "file 1" "file 2" \\ # tar -zxvf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz "file 1" "file 2" \\ # tar -jxvf Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 "file 1" "file 2" |
| Extract Group of Files using Wildcard | # tar -xvf Phpfiles-org.tar --wildcards '*.php' \\ # tar -zxvf Phpfiles-org.tar.gz --wildcards '*.php' \\ # tar -jxvf Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*.php' |
| Add Files or Directories to tar Archive File | # tar -rvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar xyz.txt \\ # tar -rvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar php |
| Add Files or Directories to tar.gz and tar.bz2 files | # tar -rvf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz xyz.txt \\ # tar -rvf Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 xyz.txt |
| How To Verify tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 Archive File | tar tvfW tecmint-14-09-12.tar |
| Check the Size of the tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 Archive File | # tar -czf - tecmint-14-09-12.tar %%|%%  wc -c \\ # tar -czf - MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz %%|%%  wc -c \\ # tar -czf - Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2 %%|%%  wc -c |