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-=== Tar with Gzip Compression ===
+^ Command   ^ Explanation       |
+| -z        | unzip             |
+| -x        | extract file      |
+| -v        | verbose           |
+| -f        | Force             |
+| -t        | table of contents |
+=== Create Tar with Gzip Compression ===
 <sxh bash>
 tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz directoryORfileToCompress
 </sxh>
-=== check the contents of an archive ===
+\\
+Compress with date in filename
 <sxh bash>
-tar tvf filename.tar.gz
+tar -cvzf filename.$(date +"%Y-%m-%d").tar.gz directoryORfileToCompress
 </sxh>
+\\
+=== Test the contents of an archive ===
+The following command can be used to view the contents of an archive. You can then decide if you wish to strip a component when uncompressing
 <sxh bash>
--t = table of contents
+tar tvf filename.tar.gz
--v = verbose
-</sxh>
-=== unzip ===
-<sxh bash>
 </sxh>
+\\
+=== Extract ===
 <sxh bash>
+tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz
 </sxh>