PTAR(1perl)

✨ PTAR(1perl) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ptar — literally the moment you've been waiting for 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ptar — a tar-like program written in perl. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so ptar is this small, tar look-alike program — it's giving tar but make it perl 🐪✨. It uses the perl module Archive::Tar to extract, create, and list tar archives. that's it, that's the job. iconic behavior only.

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

like, every single flag, bestie. we're not skipping any ✋

• c — Create ARCHIVE_FILE or STDOUT (-) from FILE. main character energy fr fr.
• x — Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (-). yes queen, unpack it 💖
• t — List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (-). just a lil peek, no pressure 👀
• f — Name of the ARCHIVE_FILE to use. Default is './default.tar'. lowkey important, don't forget her 💀
• z — Read/Write zlib compressed ARCHIVE_FILE. note: not always available, so don't come for me if it's not there 🥲
• v — Print filenames as they are added or extracted from ARCHIVE_FILE. verbose is a lifestyle, periodt ✨
• h — Prints this help message. when in doubt, -h it out bestie 🫶
• C — CPAN mode — drop 022 from permissions. iykyk 🔥
• T — get names to create from file. list the names in a file, let ptar do the rest 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tar(1)
• Archive::Tar

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and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and archive 🎀

perl v5.44.0 · 2026-10-17 · PTAR(1perl) — no cap, that's the source, version, and date fr fr 💜