Tar Utility

To use the tar utility: $ tar -zxvf file.tar.gz (Note there are more qualifiers)

Command	Shorthand	Description
--create	c	Creates an archive.
--concatenate	A	Appends tar files to an archive.
--append	a	Appends non-tar file to an archive.
--update	u	Appends files that are newer than the archived files.
--diff	d	Compares an archive to files.
--list	t	Lists the contents of an archive.
--extract, --get	x	Extracts files from an archive.