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3.4.3 Short Options Cross Reference

Here is an alphabetized list of all of the short option forms, matching them with the equivalent long option.

Short OptionReference
-A--concatenate.
-B--read-full-records.
-C--directory.
-F--info-script.
-G--incremental.
-J--xz.
-K--starting-file.
-L--tape-length.
-M--multi-volume.
-N--newer.
-O--to-stdout.
-P--absolute-names.
-R--block-number.
-S--sparse.
-T--files-from.
-U--unlink-first.
-V--label.
-W--verify.
-X--exclude-from.
-Z--compress.
-b--blocking-factor.
-c--create.
-d--compare.
-f--file.
-g--listed-incremental.
-h--dereference.
-i--ignore-zeros.
-j--bzip2.
-k--keep-old-files.
-l--check-links.
-m--touch.
-oWhen extracting, same as --no-same-owner. When creating, – --old-archive.

The latter usage is deprecated. It is retained for compatibility with the earlier versions of GNU tar. In future releases ‘-o’ will be equivalent to ‘--no-same-owner’ only.

-p--preserve-permissions.
-r--append.
-s--same-order.
-t--list.
-u--update.
-v--verbose.
-w--interactive.
-x--extract.
-z--gzip.

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