tar cheatsheet

# Deflate / Compress
tar -czf archive.tar.gz /path/files

# Inflate / Uncompress
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz

# Concatenate files into a single tar
tar -cf archive.tar /path/files

# Extract file to a defined directory
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz -C /target/directory

# Append a file to an existing archive
tar -zu archive.tar.gz -C /target/file

# List files in archive
# Add -v for additional details
tar -tzf archive.tar.gz

Option	Description
z	compress with gzip
c	create an archive
u	append files which are newer than the corresponding copy in the archive
f	filename of the archive
v	verbose, display what is inflated or deflated
a	unlike of z, determine compression based on file extension