tar

To extract a tar file, run

Uncompress tar.gz file

Uncompress tar.bz2 file

Create a tar file

Example

Once backup.tar file is created, you can make it tar.gz with command

Exclude a folder from tar file

To exclude a folder, you can use –exclude option.

List content of a tar file

If you want to exclude a folder from the file list, use

This will exclude all files that are inside folder “home/haridy/Maildir”. You can use multiple –exclude if required.

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Split Large file into smaller files
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