Tar is a common file format for archives in Linux- and Unix-based operating systems. These types of files are typically used to back up files and directories or to transfer files and programs over a ...

I used to download and unzip files with a browser and file manager until I realized I could do it all from the terminal, without clicking or switching windows. I now use just six commands all the time ...

I have a 2 Gig tar file, "myfile.tar", that normally takes about 2 minutes to completely untar all of it's contents. However, in a seperate scenario, if I try to extract just one file from "myfile.tar ...

Note that you have to order the file names in a way that ensures that the files with double extensions (like .tar.gz) are listed before their single extension counterparts (like .gz) so that you’re ...

The easiest way to extract the content of compressed files (and compressed archives) on Linux is to prepare a script that both recognizes files by type and uses the proper commands for extracting ...

This is stupid but I have no choice, what I have is single folder with 6 subdirs full of files. What I need to do create a tar file and slap this tar file into an RPM so when the RPM runs it takes the ...

Linux 101: How to compress a folder from the command line with tar Your email has been sent At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the ...