-v, --verbose
Produce verbose output. In create and extract modes, tar will list each file name as it is read
from or written to the archive. In list mode, tar will produce output similar to that of ls(1).
Additional -v options will provide additional detail.
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-z, --gunzip, --gzip
(c mode only) Compress the resulting archive with gzip(1). In extract or list modes, this option
is ignored. Note that, unlike other tar implementations, this implementation recognizes gzip
compression automatically when reading archives.
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-f file, --file file
Read the archive from or write the archive to the specified file. The filename can be - for
standard input or standard output. The default varies by system; on FreeBSD, the default is
/dev/sa0; on Linux, the default is /dev/st0.
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