Here's the tar command you keep looking for
Update: @kaushalmodi@mastodon.technology replied to this post with a way more complete cheat sheet. If you don't want to hear me rant about tar and actually want to get good at it, go read their post instead:
God dammit. I can't tell you how often I had to look up how to create or extract a tar archive on linux. There are SOO many options!!
Let's settle this once and for all
Here's how you create an archive:
tar cf archive.tar directory
Try to remember "Create File".
And here's how you extract an archive:
tar xf archive.tar
For this one, try to remember "(e)Xtract File".
And if there's some other compressions in the mix: keep looking it up! A more comprehensive cheat sheet can be found here: https://simplecheatsheet.com/linux-tar-files/
Sorry for this dumb post. I'm sure you can relate to my feelings. ;)
This is post 033 of #100DaysToOffload.