{"id":11818,"date":"2024-03-14T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-tar-command-in-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:29:34","slug":"how-to-use-the-tar-command-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-tar-command-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu tar Command: Create & Extract Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

To perform file packaging and unzipping operations in Ubuntu using the tar command, you can follow the example below:<\/p>\n

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  1. Packaging files:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    tar -cvf archive.tar file1.txt file2.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    This will create a file named archive.tar, which includes two files: file1.txt and file2.txt.<\/p>\n
      \n
    1. Extract files:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      tar -xvf archive.tar\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      This will decompress the archive.tar file and extract its contents to the current directory.<\/p>\n
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      1. View the contents of the compressed file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        tar -tvf archive.tar\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        This will list the files contained in the archive.tar file.<\/p>\n
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        1. Compress folder:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          tar -cvf archive.tar folder1\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          This will create a file called archive.tar, which includes the folder folder1 and all of its contents.<\/p>\n
          Here are some basic examples of how to use the tar command, which can be adjusted and expanded based on specific needs and situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          To perform file packaging and unzipping operations in Ubuntu using the tar command, you can follow the example below: Packaging files: tar -cvf archive.tar file1.txt file2.txt This will create a file named archive.tar, which includes two files: file1.txt and file2.txt. Extract files: tar -xvf archive.tar This will decompress the archive.tar file and extract its contents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[317,1814,297,8244,288],"class_list":["post-11818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-command-line","tag-file-compression","tag-linux","tag-tar-command","tag-ubuntu"],"yoast_head":"\nUbuntu tar Command: Create & Extract Archives - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Master Ubuntu's tar command step-by-step: create, extract, and view tar archives with practical examples.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-tar-command-in-ubuntu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ubuntu tar Command: Create & Extract Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Master Ubuntu's tar command step-by-step: create, extract, and view tar archives with practical examples.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-tar-command-in-ubuntu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog - 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