How to Create Tar File in Linux?

How to tar a file in Linux using command line

• Open the terminal app in Linux.
• Compress an entire directory by running tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/dir/ command in Linux.
• Compress a single file by running tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/filename command in Linux.
• Compress multiple directories file by running tar -zcvf file.tar.gz dir1 dir2 dir3 command in Linux.

What is the use of tar command in Linux?

The tar command stands for tape achieve, which is the most commonly used tape drive backup command used by the Linux/Unix system. It allows for you to quickly access a collection of files and placed them into a highly compressed archive file commonly called tarball, or tar, gzip, and bzip in Linux.

How do I tar a directory in Linux?

How to compress and extract files using tar command in Linux

1. tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file.
2. tar -czvf archive.tar.gz data.
3. tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something.
4. tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz.
5. tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz -C /tmp.