Tar: Difference between revisions

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tar --version which tar

Compress

cd /etc/nginx
tar -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
tar --exclude=default -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled

Decompress

tar -tzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz -C chorke-nginx-academia-production

Explanation

Explanation
-c: Create a new archive -x: Extract the archive -z: Compress the archive with gzip -v: Verbosely list files processed -t: List the contents of the archive -f: Specifies the name of the archive

Cheatsheet

Cheatsheet
Type	Short	Compress	Decompress	Algorithm	⚪
tar.gz	-z	`time tar -czvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz nginx`	`time tar -xzvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz`	DEFLATE=LZ77+Huffman	🟢
tar.xz	-J	`time tar -cJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz nginx`	`time tar -xJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz`	LZMA2	🟠
tar.bz2	-j	`time tar -cjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2 nginx`	`time tar -xjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2`	BZIP2	🟡

DateTime Format

echo      "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H%M')"
echo            "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
BKP_DATE_N_TIME="$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
:'
2025-10-10T1010
├─ 2025-10-21
│  ├─ 2025 « %Y
│  ├─   10 « %m
│  └─   10 « %d
└─ T1010
   ├─    T « Time
   ├─   10 « %H
   └─   10 « %M
'

References

References
7Zip Zip Tar Jar
Minikube Systemd Alpine/Morefine Ruby on Rails TensorFlow Homebrew Linuxbrew Crontab PyEnv Drone TMux	Chorke Academia Backup MediaWiki Escape \| Disk Performance Google Cloud CLI LXC » Logrotate Free Up RAM AWS CLI

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+{|class='wikitable' style='width:100%;margin:-11px 0 6px 0'
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
+<syntaxhighlight style='margin:3px 0' lang='bash'>
+tar --version
+which tar
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
+|}
 ==Compress==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left'|
+Compress
+|-
+|valign='top'|
+<syntaxhighlight style='margin:3px 0' lang='bash'>
 cd /etc/nginx
-tar -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
+tar -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
-tar --exclude=default -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
+tar --exclude=default -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
 </syntaxhighlight>
+|}
 ==Decompress==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
-tar -tzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left'|
-tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
+Decompress
-tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz -C chorke-nginx-academia-production
+|-
+|valign='top'|
+<syntaxhighlight style='margin:3px 0' lang='bash'>
+tar -tzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
+tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
+tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz -C chorke-nginx-academia-production
 </syntaxhighlight>
+|}
 ==Explanation==
- -c: Create a new archive
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
- -x: Extract the archive
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left' colspan='2'|
- -z: Compress the archive with gzip
+Explanation
- -v: Verbosely list files processed
+|-
- -t: List the contents of the archive
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
- -f: Specifies the name of the archive
+<syntaxhighlight style='margin:3px 0' lang='text'>
+-c: Create a new archive
+-x: Extract the archive
+-z: Compress the archive with gzip
+-v: Verbosely list files processed
+-t: List the contents of the archive
+-f: Specifies the name of the archive
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
+|}
+==Cheatsheet==
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left' colspan='6'|
+Cheatsheet
+|-
+!scope="col"| Type !!scope="col"| Short !!scope="col"|                                                 Compress !!scope="col"|                                   Decompress !!scope="col"| Algorithm !!scope="col"| ⚪
+|-
+| '''tar.gz'''     || '''-z'''          || <code>time tar -czvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz &nbsp;nginx</code> || <code>time tar -xzvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz</code> || DEFLATE=LZ77+Huffman  || 🟢
+|-
+| '''tar.xz'''     || '''-J'''          || <code>time tar -cJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz &nbsp;nginx</code> || <code>time tar -xJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz</code> || LZMA2                 || 🟠
+|-
+| '''tar.bz2'''    || '''-j'''          || <code>time tar -cjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2 nginx</code>      || <code>time tar -xjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2</code>|| BZIP2                 || 🟡
+|}
 ==DateTime Format==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
-echo "$(date +'%Y%m%d-T%H%M')-Z$(date +'%z'|tr '+-' 'PM')"
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left' colspan='2'|
+DateTime Format
+|-
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
+<syntaxhighlight style='margin:3px 0' lang='bash'>
+echo      "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H%M')"
+echo            "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
+BKP_DATE_N_TIME="$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
 :'
-20240628-T2023-ZP0800
+-10-10T1010
-├─ 20240628
+├─ 2025-10-21
-│  ├─ 2024 « %Y
+│  ├─ 2025 « %Y
-│  ├─ 06   « m%
+│  ├─   10 « %m
-│  └─ 28   « %d
+│  └─   10 « %d
-├─ -T2023
+└─ T1010
-│  ├─ -    « -
+   ├─    T « Time
-│  ├─ T    « Time
+   ├─   10 « %H
-│  ├─ 20   « %H
+   └─   10 « %M
-│  └─ 23   « %M
-└─ -ZP0800
-   ├─ -    « -
-   ├─ Z    « Zone
-   ├─ P    « {P: Plus (+), M:Minus (-)}
-   └─ 0800 « Time Offset
 '
 </syntaxhighlight>
+|valign='top' style='width:50%'|
+|}
 ==References==
-{|
+{|class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='width:100%;margin:3px 0'
-| valign="top" |
+!scope='col' style='text-align:left' colspan='3'|
+References
+|-
+|valign='top' style='width:33%'|
+* [[7Zip]]
+* [[Zip]]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar Tar]
+* [[Jar]]
-| valign="top" |
+|valign='top' style='width:34%'|
-| valign="top" |
+|valign='top' style='width:33%'|
 |-
-| colspan="3" |
+|valign='top'|
-----
-|-
-| valign="top" |
 * [[Minikube Systemd]]
 * [[Alpine/Morefine]]
@@ Line 65: / Line 116: @@
 * [[Crontab]]
 * [[PyEnv]]
+* [[Drone]]
 * [[TMux]]
-| valign="top" |
+|valign='top'|
+* [[Chorke Academia Backup]]
+* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10555483/ MediaWiki Escape </code>&#124;</code>]
+* [[Disk Performance]]
+* [[Google Cloud CLI]]
+* [[LXC/Logrotate|LXC » Logrotate]]
+* [[Free Up RAM]]
+* [[AWS CLI]]
-| valign="top" |
+|valign='top'|
 |}

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