-i, --extract Input | -o Output -p Pass | help + man |
-v, --verbose Verbose | Print the name of each file to stderr as it is processed. | help + man |
-J, -y, -z, --lzma, --xz | (o mode only) Compress the archive with bzip2-compatible compression before writing it. | help + man + man + man + man |
--format, -H pwb|bin|odc|newc|ustar | (o mode only) Produce the output archive in the specified format. | help + man |
-0, --null | Read filenames separated by NUL characters instead of newlines. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-6, --pwb | When reading a binary format archive, assume it's the earlier one, from the PWB variant of 6th Edition UNIX. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-7, --binary | (o mode only) When writing a cpio archive, use the (newer, non-PWB) binary format. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-A | (o mode only) Append to the specified archive. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-a | (o and p modes) Reset access times on files after they are read. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-B | (o mode only) Block output to records of 5120 bytes. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--b64encode | (o mode only) Encode the archive with base64, after any compression. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-C size | (o mode only) Block output to records of size bytes. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-c | (o mode only) Use the old POSIX portable character format. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-d, --make-directories | (i and p modes) Create directories as necessary. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-E file | (i mode only) Read list of file name patterns from file to list and extract. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-F, --file file | Read archive from or write archive to file. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-f pattern | (i mode only) Ignore files that match pattern. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-h, --help | Print usage information. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-I file | Read archive from file. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--insecure | (i and p mode only) Disable security checks during extraction or copying. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-j | Synonym for -y. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-L, --dereference | (o and p modes) All symbolic links will be followed. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-l, --link | (p mode only) Create links from the target directory to the original files, instead of copying. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--grzip | (o mode only) Compress the resulting archive with grzip(1). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--lrzip | (o mode only) Compress the resulting archive with lrzip(1). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--lz4 | (o mode only) Compress the archive with lz4-compatible compression before writing it. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--zstd | (o mode only) Compress the archive with zstd-compatible compression before writing it. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--lzop | (o mode only) Compress the resulting archive with lzop(1). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--passphrase passphrase | The passphrase is used to extract or create an encrypted archive. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-m, --preserve-modification-time | (i and p modes) Set file modification time on created files to match those in the source. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-n, --numeric-uid-gid | (i mode, only with -t) Display numeric uid and gid. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--no-preserve-owner | (i mode only) Do not attempt to restore file ownership. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-O file | Write archive to file. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-o, --create | Output mode. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-p, --pass-through | Pass-through mode. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--preserve-owner | (i mode only) Restore file ownership. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--quiet | Suppress unnecessary messages. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-R, --owner user][:][group | Set the owner and/or group on files in the output. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-r | (All modes.) Rename files interactively. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-t, --list | (i mode only) List the contents of the archive to stdout; (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-u, --unconditional | (i and p modes) Unconditionally overwrite existing files. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--uuencode | (o mode only) Encode the archive with uuencode(1), after any compression. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-V, --dot | Print a dot to stderr for each file as it is processed. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--version | Print the program version information and exit. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-Z | (o mode only) Compress the archive with compress-compatible compression before writing it. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |