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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Archive Managers

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 28, 2023

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The granddaddy of archive managers is the tar utility (together with the ar and cpio tools). Tar was created in the early days of Unix and remains an essential utility for any Linux system. The filename extension .tar is synonymous with file archives. Other types of archive formats include .iso (for optical storage mediums such as CDROM and DVD-ROMs), .shar, .cpio, and .ar.

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