The Tar word derived from its name “Tape ARchive”, it was designed to store files on magnetic tape. The tar command is used to make tar archives by encapsulating the files or directories. It can be use to extract tar files, add new files and to list the files included in the archive. In this
How to Extract (Unzip) Tar Bz2 File
This tutorial explains how to extract (or unzip) tar.bz2 and tbz2 archives using the tar command. The tar command is used to make and extract tar archives. Compression programs such as gzip, bzip2, lzip, lzma, lzop, xz and compress are supporting by it. Extract tar.bz2 File# By default the tar utility comes pre-installed in most
How to Create Tar Gz File
A tar archive is a file that stores a collection of other files, including information about them, such as the ownership, permissions, and timestamp. In Linux operating systems, you can use the tar command to create tar archives. The command can also compress archives using a vast range of compression programs with gzip is the