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Tar

required commands

-c or –create	Create an archive file
-t or –list	List the contents of an archive
-x or –extract	Extract an archive

The following tar command general options are often included:

-v or –verbose	Show the files that are being archived or extracted during the tar operation
-f or –file	Follow this option with the archive file name to create or open
-p or –preserve-permissions	Preserve the original file permissions when extracting
–xattrs	Enable extended attribute support, and store extended file attributes
–selinux
-C	specify directory where you will extract the tar file

The following tar command compression options are used to select an algorithm:

-a or –auto-compress	Use the archive's suffix to determine the algorithm to use
-z or –gzip	Use the gzip compression algorithm, which results in a .tar.gz suffix
-j or –bzip2	Use the bzip2 compression algorithm, which results in a .tar.bz2 suffix
-J or –xz	Use the xz compression algorithm, which results in a .tar.xz suffix