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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 90a5852..5b95ef3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -654,25 +654,35 @@ The :mod:`tarfile` module provides a simple command line interface to interact with tar archives. If you want to create a new tar archive, specify its name after the :option:`-c` -option and then list the filename(s) that should be included:: +option and then list the filename(s) that should be included: + +.. code-block:: shell-session $ python -m tarfile -c monty.tar spam.txt eggs.txt -Passing a directory is also acceptable:: +Passing a directory is also acceptable: + +.. code-block:: shell-session $ python -m tarfile -c monty.tar life-of-brian_1979/ If you want to extract a tar archive into the current directory, use -the :option:`-e` option:: +the :option:`-e` option: + +.. code-block:: shell-session $ python -m tarfile -e monty.tar You can also extract a tar archive into a different directory by passing the -directory's name:: +directory's name: + +.. code-block:: shell-session $ python -m tarfile -e monty.tar other-dir/ -For a list of the files in a tar archive, use the :option:`-l` option:: +For a list of the files in a tar archive, use the :option:`-l` option: + +.. code-block:: shell-session $ python -m tarfile -l monty.tar |