tar command is file archiving cmd and extracting cmd in linux. create

What u know abt tar Command?

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tar command is file archiving cmd and extracting cmd in linux.

create
tar -cvf /tmp/ram.tar /etc/passwd
this command makes compress the /etc/passwd datas and stored
in /tmp/ram.tar

Extract
tar -xvf /tmp/ram.tar
extract the data in existing file is /tmp/ram.tar

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