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Unpack an archive:tar xvf archive.tgz
Create an archive:tar zcvf archive.tgz archive-dir
Unpack in a given directory:tar -C dir -zxvf name.tgz
Note: dir must already exist
Options:
-v : verbose -x : extract -c : create -f : file name -C dir : where to uncompress
Options can be mushed (i.e. -xvf is same as -x -v -f)