Linux command: Tar

1, Command introduction:

Tar is used to package, compress and decompress files.

2. Command format:

tar [options] File

3. Command parameters:

The necessary parameters are as follows:

-A add compressed file to existing compression

-B Set Chunk size

-C Create a new compressed file

-D Record File differences

-R Add a file to a file that has been compressed

-u add changed and existing files to a compressed file that already exists

-X extracting files from compressed files

-T displays the contents of the compressed file

-Z Support gzip unzip files

-j Support bzip2 Extract files

-Z Support Compress unzip files

-V Show Operation procedure

-L File System boundary settings

-K Keep the original file without overwriting

-m reserved files are not overwritten

-W confirm the correctness of the compressed file

The optional parameters are as follows:

-B Set Number of blocks

-c switch to the specified directory

-f Specifies the compressed file

--HELP Display Help information

--version displaying version information

4. Common Decompression/Compression commands

Tar
Unpacking: Tar xvf Filename.tar
Package: Tar cvf filename.tar DirName
(Note: Tar is packaged, not compressed!) ）

. gz
Decompression 1:gunzip filename.gz
Decompression 2:gzip-d filename.gz
Compression: gzip FileName

. tar.gz and. tgz
Decompression: Tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
Compression: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

. bz2
Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz2
Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz2
Compression: Bzip2-z FileName

. tar.bz2
Decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2
Compression: Tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

. BZ
Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz
Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz
Compression: Unknown

. tar.bz
Decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz
Compression: Unknown

. Z
Decompression: uncompress filename.z
Compression: Compress FileName

. Tar. Z
Decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tar.z
Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z DirName

. zip
Decompression: Unzip Filename.zip
Compression: Zip Filename.zip DirName

. rar
Decompression: rar x Filename.rar
Compression: rar a Filename.rar DirName

Linux command: Tar