How to create tar file in linux

To add files to tar execute command in following format.

$ tar -cvf <file_name>.tar file1 file2 .....filen

We can add any type of file and any number of files including folder/directory to tar using this command.

Example: To add file1.txt and file2.txt to sample.tar execute following command.

$ tar -cvf sample.tar file1.txt file.txt folder