Tar Zip Files

Extract just a Tar file

tar -xvf yourfile.tar

Compress Files

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Extract Files Current Folder

tar -xzvf name-of-archive.tar.gz

Extract Files to Specific Location

Target Location Must Exist

mkdir /tmp/Documents
tar -xzvf name-of-archive.tar.gz -C /tmp/Documents

Split Files Into Pieces

Refer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/54579/how-to-split-larger-files-into-smaller-parts

mkdir output
split --bytes=10M aem-6.4-authoring.tar.gz output/prefixeS

Combine the Pieces

cat prefixeS* > aem-6.4-authoring.tar.gz

Sharing Ubuntu Image

split --bytes=1000M Ubuntu1804-AEM-64GB.ova output/prefixeS
cat prefixeS* > Ubuntu1804-AEM-64GB.ova

Remove Z to NOT do compression, this includes FULL path in tar file

tar -cvf firefox-profile.tar.gz /home/mruckman/.mozilla/firefox/7sqqgk5s.default-release-1/