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Glossary: Operating System Basics

tar

Also written: tar -czf, tar -tzf, tar -xzf

Packs files into a single archive and unpacks it again. `-c` creates, `-t` lists, `-x` extracts, `-z` compresses, `-f` names the file, and `-C` picks the folder to restore into.

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