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.IX Title "PTAR 1"
.TH PTAR 1 "2020-06-25" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ptar \- a tar\-like program written in perl
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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ptar is a small, tar look-alike program that uses the perl module
Archive::Tar to extract, create and list tar archives.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&    ptar \-c [\-v] [\-z] [\-C] [\-f ARCHIVE_FILE | \-] FILE FILE ...
\&    ptar \-c [\-v] [\-z] [\-C] [\-T index | \-] [\-f ARCHIVE_FILE | \-]
\&    ptar \-x [\-v] [\-z] [\-f ARCHIVE_FILE | \-]
\&    ptar \-t [\-z] [\-f ARCHIVE_FILE | \-]
\&    ptar \-h
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\&    c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE or STDOUT (\-) from FILE
\&    x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (\-)
\&    t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (\-)
\&    f   Name of the ARCHIVE_FILE to use. Default is \*(Aq./default.tar\*(Aq
\&    z   Read/Write zlib compressed ARCHIVE_FILE (not always available)
\&    v   Print filenames as they are added or extracted from ARCHIVE_FILE
\&    h   Prints this help message
\&    C   CPAN mode \- drop 022 from permissions
\&    T   get names to create from file
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fBtar\fR\|(1), Archive::Tar.