Linux tar extract all files

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GNU ‘tar’ saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive.

Examples

tar -cf archive.tar foo bar # Create archive.tar from files foo and bar. tar -tvf archive.tar # List all files in archive.tar verbosely. tar -xf archive.tar # Extract all files from archive.tar. Main operation mode: -A, —catenate, —concatenate append tar files to an archive -c, —create create a new archive -d, —diff, —compare find differences between archive and file system —delete delete from the archive (not on mag tapes!) -r, —append append files to the end of an archive -t, —list list the contents of an archive —test-label test the archive volume label and exit -u, —update only append files newer than copy in archive -x, —extract, —get extract files from an archive -C, —directory=DIR change to directory DIR -f, —file=ARCHIVE use archive file or device ARCHIVE -j, —bzip2 filter the archive through bzip2 -J, —xz filter the archive through xz -p, —preserve-permissions extract information about file permissions (default for superuser) -v, —verbose verbosely list files processed -z, —gzip filter the archive through gzip

Operation modifiers:

—check-device check device numbers when creating incremental archives (default) -g, —listed-incremental=FILE handle new GNU-format incremental backup -G, —incremental handle old GNU-format incremental backup —ignore-failed-read do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files —level=NUMBER dump level for created listed-incremental archive -n, —seek archive is seekable —no-check-device do not check device numbers when creating incremental archives —no-seek archive is not seekable —occurrence[=NUMBER] process only the NUMBERth occurrence of each file in the archive; this option is valid only in conjunction with one of the subcommands —delete, —diff, —extract or —list and when a list of files is given either on the command line or via the -T option; NUMBER defaults to 1 —sparse-version=MAJOR[.MINOR] set version of the sparse format to use (implies —sparse) -S, —sparse handle sparse files efficiently

Overwrite control:

-k, —keep-old-files don’t replace existing files when extracting, treat them as errors —skip-old-files don’t replace existing files when extracting, silently skip over them —keep-newer-files don’t replace existing files that are newer than their archive copies —no-overwrite-dir preserve metadata of existing directories —overwrite overwrite existing files when extracting —overwrite-dir overwrite metadata of existing directories when extracting (default) —recursive-unlink empty hierarchies prior to extracting directory —remove-files remove files after adding them to the archive -U, —unlink-first remove each file prior to extracting over it -W, —verify attempt to verify the archive after writing it

Select output stream:

—ignore-command-error ignore exit codes of children —no-ignore-command-error treat non-zero exit codes of children as error -O, —to-stdout extract files to standard output —to-command=COMMAND pipe extracted files to another program Handling of file attributes: —acls

Save the ACLs to the archive —atime-preserve[=METHOD] preserve access times on dumped files, either by restoring the times after reading (METHOD=’replace’; default) or by not setting the times in the first place (METHOD=’system’) —delay-directory-restore delay setting modification times and permissions of extracted directories until the end of extraction —group=NAME force NAME as group for added files —mode=CHANGES force (symbolic) mode CHANGES for added files —mtime=DATE-OR-FILE set mtime for added files from DATE-OR-FILE -m, —touch don’t extract file modified time —no-acls Don’t extract the ACLs from the archive —no-delay-directory-restore cancel the effect of —delay-directory-restore option —no-same-owner extract files as yourself (default for ordinary users) —no-same-permissions apply the user’s umask when extracting permissions from the archive (default for ordinary users) —no-selinux Don’t extract the SELinux context from the archive —no-xattrs Don’t extract the user/root xattrs from the archive —numeric-owner always use numbers for user/group names —owner=NAME force NAME as owner for added files -p, —preserve-permissions, —same-permissions extract information about file permissions (default for superuser) —preserve same as both -p and -s —same-owner try extracting files with the same ownership as exists in the archive (default for superuser) -s, —preserve-order, —same-order sort names to extract to match archive —selinux Save the SELinux context to the archive —xattrs Save the user/root xattrs to the archive

Device selection and switching:

-f, —file=ARCHIVE use archive file or device ARCHIVE —force-local archive file is local even if it has a colon -F, —info-script=NAME, —new-volume-script=NAME run script at end of each tape (implies -M) -L, —tape-length=NUMBER change tape after writing NUMBER x 1024 bytes -M, —multi-volume create/list/extract multi-volume archive —rmt-command=COMMAND use given rmt COMMAND instead of rmt —rsh-command=COMMAND use remote COMMAND instead of rsh —volno-file=FILE use/update the volume number in FILE

Device blocking:

-b, —blocking-factor=BLOCKS BLOCKS x 512 bytes per record -B, —read-full-records reblock as we read (for 4.2BSD pipes) -i, —ignore-zeros ignore zeroed blocks in archive (means EOF) —record-size=NUMBER NUMBER of bytes per record, multiple of 512

Archive format selection:

-H, —format=FORMAT create archive of the given format FORMAT is one of the following: gnu

POSIX 1003.1-2001 (pax) format

POSIX 1003.1-1988 (ustar) format

old V7 tar format —old-archive, —portability same as —format=v7 —pax-option=keyword[[:]=value][,keyword[[:]=value]]. control pax keywords —posix same as —format=posix -V, —label=TEXT create archive with volume name TEXT; at list/extract time, use TEXT as a globbing pattern for volume name

Compression options:

-a, —auto-compress use archive suffix to determine the compression program -I, —use-compress-program=PROG filter through PROG (must accept -d) -j, —bzip2 filter the archive through bzip2 -J, —xz filter the archive through xz —lzip

filter the archive through lzip

filter the archive through lzma —lzop —no-auto-compress do not use archive suffix to determine the compression program -z, —gzip, —gunzip, —ungzip filter the archive through gzip -Z, —compress, —uncompress filter the archive through compress

Local file selection:

—add-file=FILE add given FILE to the archive (useful if its name starts with a dash) —backup[=CONTROL] backup before removal, choose version CONTROL -C, —directory=DIR change to directory DIR —exclude=PATTERN exclude files, given as a PATTERN —exclude-backups exclude backup and lock files —exclude-caches exclude contents of directories containing CACHEDIR.TAG, except for the tag file itself —exclude-caches-all exclude directories containing CACHEDIR.TAG —exclude-caches-under exclude everything under directories containing CACHEDIR.TAG —exclude-tag=FILE exclude contents of directories containing FILE, except for FILE itself —exclude-tag-all=FILE exclude directories containing FILE —exclude-tag-under=FILE exclude everything under directories containing FILE —exclude-vcs exclude version control system directories -h, —dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to —hard-dereference follow hard links; archive and dump the files they refer to -K, —starting-file=MEMBER-NAME begin at member MEMBER-NAME in the archive —newer-mtime=DATE compare date and time when data changed only —no-null disable the effect of the previous —null option —no-recursion avoid descending automatically in directories —no-unquote do not unquote filenames read with -T —null -T reads null-terminated names, disable -C -N, —newer=DATE-OR-FILE, —after-date=DATE-OR-FILE only store files newer than DATE-OR-FILE —one-file-system stay in local file system when creating archive -P, —absolute-names don’t strip leading ‘/’s from file names —recursion recurse into directories (default) —suffix=STRING backup before removal, override usual suffix (‘~’ unless overridden by environment variable SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX) -T, —files-from=FILE get names to extract or create from FILE —unquote unquote filenames read with -T (default) -X, —exclude-from=FILE exclude patterns listed in FILE

File name transformations:

—strip-components=NUMBER strip NUMBER leading components from file names on extraction —transform=EXPRESSION, —xform=EXPRESSION use sed replace EXPRESSION to transform file names File name matching options (affect both exclude and include patterns): —anchored patterns match file name start —ignore-case ignore case —no-anchored patterns match after any ‘/’ (default for exclusion) —no-ignore-case case sensitive matching (default) —no-wildcards verbatim string matching —no-wildcards-match-slash wildcards do not match ‘/’ —wildcards use wildcards (default) —wildcards-match-slash wildcards match ‘/’ (default for exclusion)

Informative output:

—checkpoint[=NUMBER] display progress messages every NUMBERth record (default 10) —checkpoint-action=ACTION execute ACTION on each checkpoint —index-file=FILE send verbose output to FILE -l, —check-links print a message if not all links are dumped —no-quote-chars=STRING disable quoting for characters from STRING —quote-chars=STRING additionally quote characters from STRING —quoting-style=STYLE set name quoting style; see below for valid STYLE values -R, —block-number show block number within archive with each message —show-defaults show tar defaults —show-omitted-dirs when listing or extracting, list each directory that does not match search criteria —show-transformed-names, —show-stored-names show file or archive names after transformation —totals[=SIGNAL] print total bytes after processing the archive; with an argument — print total bytes when this SIGNAL is delivered; Allowed signals are: SIGHUP, SIGQUIT, SIGINT, SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2; the names without SIG prefix are also accepted —utc

print file modification dates in UTC -v, —verbose verbosely list files processed —warning=KEYWORD warning control -w, —interactive, —confirmation ask for confirmation for every action

Compatibility options:

when creating, same as —old-archive; when extracting, same as —no-same-owner

Other options:

-?, —help give this help list —restrict disable use of some potentially harmful options —usage give a short usage message —version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

The backup suffix is ‘~’, unless set with —suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control may be set with —backup or VERSION_CONTROL, values are: none, off never make backups t, numbered make numbered backups nil, existing numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise never, simple always make simple backups Valid arguments for the —quoting-style option are: literal shell shell-always c c-maybe escape locale clocale

Defaults

*This* tar defaults to: —format=gnu -f- -b20 —quoting-style=escape —rmt-command=/sbin/rmt —rsh-command=/usr/bin/rsh

Author

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

Reporting Bugs

Copyright

Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

The full documentation for tar is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and tar programs are properly installed at your site, the command info tar should give you access to the complete manual.

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