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## Name
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tar - file archiving utility
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## Synopsis
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```**sh
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$ tar [--create] [--extract] [--list] [--verbose] [--gzip] [--no-auto-compress] [--directory DIRECTORY] [--file FILE] [PATHS...]
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```
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## Description
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tar is an archiving utility designed to store multiple files in an archive file
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(tarball).
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Files may also be compressed and decompressed using GNU Zip (GZIP) compression.
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## Options
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* `-c`, `--create`: Create archive
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* `-x`, `--extract`: Extract archive
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* `-t`, `--list`: List contents
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* `-v`, `--verbose`: Print paths
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* `-z`, `--gzip`: Compress or decompress file using gzip
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* `--lzma`: Compress or decompress file using lzma
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* `-J`, `--xz`: Compress or decompress file using xz
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* `--no-auto-compress`: Do not use the archive suffix to select the compression algorithm
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* `-C DIRECTORY`, `--directory DIRECTORY`: Directory to extract to/create from
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* `-f FILE`, `--file FILE`: Archive file
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## Examples
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```sh
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# List the contents of archive.tar
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$ tar -t -f archive.tar
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# Extract the contents from archive.tar.gz
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$ tar -x -z -f archive.tar.gz
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# Extract the contents from archive.tar
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$ tar -x -f archive.tar
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```
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## See also
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* [`unzip`(1)](help://man/1/unzip)
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