Tradional Usage
  tar {A|c|d|r|t|u|x}[GnSkUWOmpsMBiajJzZhPlRvwo] [ARG...]

It is invigorating.

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[–] 12 points 6 hours ago* (1 child)

Tar (some versions at least?) is actually smart enough to detect which format to use based on file extension of the output, so you don't need to remember which flag corresponds to which compressor. Examples:

tar -caf archive.tar.xz [files]
tar -caf archive.tar.bz2 [files]

# extract
tar -xf archive.tar.xz
tar -xf archive.tar.bz2

So you really only need to remember that c means create, x means extract

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