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From man tar:

-f, --file ARCHIVE

use archive file or device ARCHIVE

Please consider:

tar -zxvf myFile.tar.gz

AFAIU, z means it's a gzipped tarball, x means "extract!", v means "give verbose output!" but about f I am not sure.

If we already give the file name myFile.tar.gz, why is the f argument needed?

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From man tar:

-f, --file ARCHIVE

use archive file or device ARCHIVE

Please consider:

tar -zxvf myFile.tar.gz

AFAIU, z means it's a gzipped tarball, x means "extract!", v means "give verbose output!" but about f I am not sure.

If we already give the file name myFile.tar.gz, why is the f argument needed?

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From man tar:

-f, --file ARCHIVE

use archive file or device ARCHIVE

Please consider:

tar -zxvf myFile.tar.gz

AFAIU, z means it's a gzipped tarball, x means "extract!", v means "give verbose output!" but about f I am not sure.

If we already give the file name myFile.tar.gz, why is the f argument needed?

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So there are so many other situation where you need f switch.

-f Archive Uses the Archive variable as the archive to be read or written. When this flag is not specified, the tar command uses a system-dependent default file name of the form /dev/rmt0. If the Archive variable specified is - (minus sign), the tar command writes to standard output or reads from standard input. If you write to standard output, the -c flag must be used.

Examples:
To extract all files in the /tmp directory from the archive file on the /dev/rmt2 tape device and use the time of extraction as the modification time, enter:

tar -xm -f/dev/rmt2 /tmp

To create a new archive file that contains the file1 file and pass the archive file to the dd command to be written to the /dev/rmt1 device, enter:

tar -cvf - file1 | dd of=/dev/rmt1 conv=sync

To archive all directories and complete filenames listed in input list file infile into ar.tar, enter :

tar cvfL ar.tar infile

Where infile contains the pathnames of files that are to be archived.
To archive files within directories listed in the input list file infile into ar.tar, enter:

tar cvRfL ar.tar infile

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So there are so many other situation where you need f switch.

-f Archive Uses the Archive variable as the archive to be read or written. When this flag is not specified, the tar command uses a system-dependent default file name of the form /dev/rmt0. If the Archive variable specified is - (minus sign), the tar command writes to standard output or reads from standard input. If you write to standard output, the -c flag must be used.

Examples:
To extract all files in the /tmp directory from the archive file on the /dev/rmt2 tape device and use the time of extraction as the modification time, enter:

tar -xm -f/dev/rmt2 /tmp

To create a new archive file that contains the file1 file and pass the archive file to the dd command to be written to the /dev/rmt1 device, enter:

tar -cvf - file1 | dd of=/dev/rmt1 conv=sync

To archive all directories and complete filenames listed in input list file infile into ar.tar, enter :

tar cvfL ar.tar infile

Where infile contains the pathnames of files that are to be archived.
To archive files within directories listed in the input list file infile into ar.tar, enter:

tar cvRfL ar.tar infile

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So there are so many other situation where you need f switch.

-f Archive Uses the Archive variable as the archive to be read or written. When this flag is not specified, the tar command uses a system-dependent default file name of the form /dev/rmt0. If the Archive variable specified is - (minus sign), the tar command writes to standard output or reads from standard input. If you write to standard output, the -c flag must be used.

Examples:
To extract all files in the /tmp directory from the archive file on the /dev/rmt2 tape device and use the time of extraction as the modification time, enter:

tar -xm -f/dev/rmt2 /tmp

To create a new archive file that contains the file1 file and pass the archive file to the dd command to be written to the /dev/rmt1 device, enter:

tar -cvf - file1 | dd of=/dev/rmt1 conv=sync

To archive all directories and complete filenames listed in input list file infile into ar.tar, enter :

tar cvfL ar.tar infile

Where infile contains the pathnames of files that are to be archived.
To archive files within directories listed in the input list file infile into ar.tar, enter:

tar cvRfL ar.tar infile

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So there are so many other situation where you need f switch.

-f Archive Uses the Archive variable as the archive to be read or written. When this flag is not specified, the tar command uses a system-dependent default file name of the form /dev/rmt0. If the Archive variable specified is - (minus sign), the tar command writes to standard output or reads from standard input. If you write to standard output, the -c flag must be used.

Examples:
To extract all files in the /tmp directory from the archive file on the /dev/rmt2 tape device and use the time of extraction as the modification time, enter:

tar -xm -f/dev/rmt2 /tmp

To create a new archive file that contains the file1 file and pass the archive file to the dd command to be written to the /dev/rmt1 device, enter:

tar -cvf - file1 | dd of=/dev/rmt1 conv=sync

To archive all directories and complete filenames listed in input list file infile into ar.tar, enter :

tar cvfL ar.tar infile

Where infile contains the pathnames of files that are to be archived.
To archive files within directories listed in the input list file infile into ar.tar, enter:

tar cvRfL ar.tar infile

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tar -xm -f/dev/rmt2 /tmp

tar -cvf - file1 | dd of=/dev/rmt1 conv=sync

tar cvfL ar.tar infile

tar cvRfL ar.tar infile

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