Linux compression command utilities

4. Tar commands:

Format for doing the tar from  the files: tar -cvf .tar

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[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# tar -cvf test.tar test1.txt test2.txt test3.txt
test1.txt
test2.txt
test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 24
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 10240 Jun 14 09:49 test.tar
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]#

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 Format for doing the untar from  the files: tar -xvf

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[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 24
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 10240 Jun 14 09:49 test.tar
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# rm -f *.txt 

Note: Removing txt files for better understanding of the topic please do not perform this command in your environment.
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 10240 Jun 14 09:49 test.tar
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]#
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# tar -xvf test.tar
test1.txt
test2.txt
test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 24
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 10240 Jun 14 09:49 test.tar
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]#

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For checking the contents of the tar file use command tar -tvf

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[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# tar -tvf test.tar
-rw-r–r– root/root 221 2015-06-14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r– root/root 221 2015-06-14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r– root/root 221 2015-06-14 09:03 test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]#

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