The Tar Command Cheat Sheet

The Tar Command Cheat Sheet

Published 10 months ago

Utilize this tar command cheat sheet and do your best work.

In this cheat sheet you will learn:

  • How to create, extract and compress an archive.
  • The difference between .tar, tar.gz, and .tgz files.
  • How to use gzip and gunzip.
  • The difference between “tar cvf” and “tar -cvf” (notice the hyphen…)
  • Some bonus command line tips to speed up working with tar (and any other type of) files.


Offered Free by: Linux Training Academy


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