Linux Tips using tar

TIPS:
tar is an archiving utility.it can also be used to create pr decompress gzip or bzip2 files.

1.(Using the tar command to create a ".tar.gz" file or folder/stuff)
$ tar -czvf stuff.tar.gz stuff

2.(Using the tar command to create a ".tar.bz2" file or folder/stuff)
$ tar -cjvf stuff.tar.bz2 stuff

3.(list the files in the archive of gzip)
$ tar -tzvf stuff.tar.gz

4.(list the files in the archive of bzip2)
$ tar -tjvf stuff.tar.bz2

5.To extract only one file from archive
$ tar -xvf stuff.tar Example.txt
the above command will only get the Example file from the archive

6.To extract a '.tar.gz' file
$ tar -zxvf stuff.tar.gz

7.To extract a '.tar.bz2' file
$ tar -jxvf stuff.tar.bz2