tar Tape Archive
Tar used to create archive files in Unix/Unix like systems to make tape backups. Create tar archive tar -cvf my_archive.tar myDirectory c = Create v = Verbose f = File List files in an archive tar -tvf my_archive.tar t = list v = verbose f = file Create tar archive with gzip compression tar -cvzf my_archive.tar.gz myDirectory c = Create v = Verbose z = Gzip Compression f = File Un tar / unzip tar -xvf my_archive.tar