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Example	Explanation / Remarks
tar -czvf /home/user/dest_backup.tgz /var/www/source_dir/*.html	c=create z=use gzip v=verbose f=next param is target file. Compress all files in source directory into the specified dest file
tar -xzvf /home/user/backup_file.tgz /var/www/dest_dir/*.html	extract files in source file into the specified dest directory(??)
Using find:
find /var/log -iname '2022-06*.log' -print0 \| tar -cvf /var/bu/june.tar –null -T -
find . -type f > list_of_files.txt && tar -czf bu_file.tar.gz -T list_of_files.txt
find . -type f -exec tar -czf {}.tar.gz {} \;	!← TODO!

Flag	Same as	Explanation / Remarks
c		create a new archive file
f		next parameter is the filename
r	--append	append file(s) to tar file
t	--list	list contents of file
T		next param is filename containing list of files to be tared(!) ← TODO
v		verbose output - show details while running
x		extract compressed file
z		use gzip compress or uncompress
-		dash, as last symbol → use stdin as input. usually, together with another program like find