Why is the tar command used?
The tar command is used to extract or create an archived file.
Suppose you want to extract all the files from the archive named sample.tar.gz, then the command will be:
$ tar -xvzf sample.tar.gz
Suppose you want to create an archive of all the files stored in the path /home/linux/, then the command will be:
$ tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
where c: create archive, x: extract, v: verbose, f: file
