Command-line tool

gnu-tar

brew/gnu-tar

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GNU version of the tar archiving utility

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GnuWin32.Tar -e
scoop install tar

macOS

brew install gnu-tar

Linux

brew install gnu-tar

[c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile

tar cf path/to/target.tar path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile

tar czf path/to/target.tar.gz path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

[c]reate a g[z]ipped (compressed) archive from a directory using relative paths

tar czf path/to/target.tar.gz -C path/to/directory .

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