#tar a directory
tar -cvf projects.tar /usr/local/bin

#extract all files
tar -xf projects.tar

#tar and compress a directory
tar -czvf projects.tar.gz /usr/local/bin

#list content
tar -tvf projects.tar.gz

#search for files
tar -tvf projects.tar.gz --wildcards '*yt*'


#extract a single file
tar -zxvf <tar filename> <file you want to extract>
tar -zxvf projects.tar.gz "usr/local/bin/ytplay"

#extract multiple files with wildcards
tar -zxvf projects.tar.gz --wildcards "*ytplay*"