tar

tar All all Files in Current Folder to archive.tar

tar -cvf archive.tar *

tar All Files in Current Folder, Including Subdirectories to archive.tar

tar -cvf archive.tar .

tar All Files in Target Folder, Including Subdirectories to archive.tar

tar -cvf archive.tar /path/to/folder

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Show Files in tarball Without Extracting

tar -tvf archive.tar

Extract All Files in Tar Archive to Specific Location

tar -xvf archive.tar -C /folder

Extract Specific File from Tar Archive

tar -xvf archive.tar archivedFile.txt

Extract Specific File to a New Folder

tar -xvf archive.tar archivedFile.txt -C ./aNewFolder

See also

• tar.gz — the same commands with gzip compression (-z).
• Search Inside Archives