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Before this patch the document suggested that the `f` allows the user to list some files to extract or insert to the archive. This patch fixes that: the `f` allows an archive file to be specified. Without it the archive would be read from or written to stdout.
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# tar
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> Archiving utility.
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> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
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- [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile:
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`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
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- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:
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`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
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- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths:
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`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} --directory={{path/to/directory}} .`
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- E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory:
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`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}`
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- E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory:
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`tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}} --directory={{directory}}`
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- [c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program:
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`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`
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- Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely:
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`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
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- E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile:
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`tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards "{{*.html}}"`
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