tar -cvf file.tar /path/to/folder, pack the /path/to/folder directory into a file.tar file.tar -xvf file.tar, extract the archive file named file.tar.tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/folder, pack the /path/to/folder directory and compress it to a file.tar.gz file using gzip.tar -jcvf file.tar.bz2 /path/to/folder, pack the /path/to/folder directory and compress it to a file.tar.bz2 file using bzip2.tar -tvf file.tar, view the list of files contained in the file.tar file.tar -rvf file.tar /path/to/newfile, add the /path/to/newfile file to the archive file named file.tar.tar -f archive.tar --delete file1.txt file2.txt, delete the "file1.txt" and "file2.txt" files from the archive file named "archive.tar". Note that the --delete parameter can only be used for .tar format archive files, and not for compressed format archive files such as .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, etc. In addition, the --delete parameter may not be supported in some tar implementations, so please check whether it is available based on the version of tar and the operating system you are using.