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    * -c: Create an archive.
    * -z: Compress the archive with gzip.
    * -v: Display progress in the terminal while creating the archive, also known as “verbose” mode. The v is always optional in these commands, but it’s helpful.
    * -v: makes tar talk a lot. Verbose output shows you all the files being archived and much.
    * -f: Allows you to specify the filename of the archive.

    ## Extract an Archive
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    # Tar Usage / Cheat Sheet

    ## Compress a file or directory

    e.g: `tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file`

    * -c: Create an archive.
    * -z: Compress the archive with gzip.
    * -v: Display progress in the terminal while creating the archive, also known as “verbose” mode. The v is always optional in these commands, but it’s helpful.
    * -f: Allows you to specify the filename of the archive.

    ## Extract an Archive

    e.g: `tar -xvzf name-of-archive.tar.gz`


    * f: this must be the last flag of the command, and the tar file must be immediately after. It tells tar the name and path of the compressed file.
    * z: tells tar to decompress the archive using gzip
    * x: tar can collect files or extract them. x does the latter.
    * v: makes tar talk a lot. Verbose output shows you all the files being extracted.