EXAMPLES
tar -xvvf foo.tar
extract foo.tar
Say extract all the files in foo.tar
tar -xvvzf foo.tar.gz
extract gzipped foo.tar.gz
Say extract all the files in gzipped foo.tar
tar -cvvf foo.tar foo/
tar contents of folder foo in foo.tar
Say archive the contents of folder foo into foo.tar
-T, --files-from F
get names to extract or archive from file F
Add Example: Browse one file from an archive:
$ echo wwwoffle-2.9d/doc/wwwoffle.man|tar -xf wwwoffle_2.9d.orig.tar.gz -T -
-O|less
