creating a tar file code example

Example 1: how to zip with tar command

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff

Example 2: how to tar a file

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 3: how to tar linux

tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/dir/

Example 4: tar.gz terminal

tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz