-c, --create Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
-x, --extract, --get Extract files from an archive.
-z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip Filter the archive through gzip(1).
-j, --bzip2 Filter the archive through bzip2(1).
-f, --file=ARCHIVE Use archive file or device ARCHIVE. If this option is not given, tar will first examine the environment variable `TAPE'. If it is set, its value will be used as the archive name. Otherwise, tar will assume the compiled-in default.
-t, --list List the contents of an archive.
-v, --verbose Verbosely list files processed.