# Create a tar archive tar -cf archive.tar file1 file2 ... fileN # Create a tar gzipp'd archive tar -zcf archive.tar.gz file1 file2 ... fileN # Create multi-part tar archives from a directory tar cf - /path/to/directory|split -bM - archive.tar # Extract all files from a tar archive tar -xf archive.tar # Extract all files from a tar gzipped archive tar -zxf archive.tar.gz # Extract one file from a tar archive tar -xf archive.tar the_one_file # Lists all files in a tar archive tar -tf archive.tar