File backups with tar

Creating an Archive File

tar -czf scripts.tgz scripts/ scripts-test/

List the Contents

tar -tzf scripts.tgz

find a file in archive:

tar -tzf scripts.tgz | grep file.txt

Extracting an Archive File

Now that you know how to create an archive file, it’s rather easy to extract it.

tar -xzf scripts.tgz

You might need extract just one file:

tar -xzf scripts.tgz scripts/readme.txt