tar: frequent operations

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1 2.4 The Three Most Frequently Used Operations
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1 Here are the three most frequently used operations (both short and long
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1 this chapter will cover how to use these operations in detail.  We will
1 present the rest of the operations in the next chapter.
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1 '--create'
1 '-c'
1      Create a new 'tar' archive.
1 '--list'
1 '-t'
1      List the contents of an archive.
1 '--extract'
1 '-x'
1      Extract one or more members from an archive.
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