-c, --create
create a new archive
create a new archive-x, --extract, --get
Extract Files from Archive AN
extract from the archive file
Pack and compress (multiple files in a folder):
tar -cvf log.tar 1.txt is only packaged, not compressed
tar -zcvf log.tar.gz 1.txt is packaged, compressed with gzip
tar -jcvf log.tar.bz2 1.txt is packaged, compressed with bzip2
unzip
tar -zxvf compressed package name.tar.gz
tar -jxvf compressed package name.tar.bz