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\newcommand{\P}[]{\unicode{xB6}}
\newcommand{\AA}[]{\unicode{x212B}}
\newcommand{\empty}[]{\emptyset}
\newcommand{\O}[]{\emptyset}
\newcommand{\Alpha}[]{Α}
\newcommand{\Beta}[]{Β}
\newcommand{\Epsilon}[]{Ε}
\newcommand{\Iota}[]{Ι}
\newcommand{\Kappa}[]{Κ}
\newcommand{\Rho}[]{Ρ}
\newcommand{\Tau}[]{Τ}
\newcommand{\Zeta}[]{Ζ}
\newcommand{\Mu}[]{\unicode{x039C}}
\newcommand{\Chi}[]{Χ}
\newcommand{\Eta}[]{\unicode{x0397}}
\newcommand{\Nu}[]{\unicode{x039D}}
\newcommand{\Omicron}[]{\unicode{x039F}}
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tar is a program for creating archives.
tar archives, or tarballs, preserve unix permissions of multiple files or folders.
By default, a .tar file is not compressed. Typically you'll see .tar.gz, or .tgz which denotes a tar file compressed using gzip.
Getting Started
- Extraction
tar xzvf archive.tar.gz
- Archive
tar czpvf archive.tar.gz files
- Flags
-x extract preserving paths-p preserve permissions-c create an archive-f specify file-C output dir
- Compression formats
-z use gzip-j use bzip2-J use xz-I pigz use pigz (parallel gz)
Progress Bar
Reference
Tar does not give you a progress bar by default.
You can get a progress bar by piping tar through pv:
tar cf - $folder | pv -s $(du -sb $folder | awk '{print $1}') | pigz > $folder.tar.gz