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How to use the Tar command in Linux to compress and extract files ?

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Oct 24, 2019

One of the most commonly used commands to compress and extract files is ???tar???. The tar tool, which stands for ???tap archive???, is one of the most important utilities for system administrators in the Unix/Linux world. The tar command creates .tar.gz or .tgz files which are also called ???tarballs???.
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