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pax

Portable Archive Interchange - the POSIX standard archive tool for cpio and tar formats

  • cli-tool
  • COMMAND-LINE
  • ARCHIVE
  • POSIX
  • Launchable
  • Runs in terminal
official+codex · reviewed · May 28, 2026 description in en

Description

Provides pax, the POSIX standard archive tool for tar and cpio formats. It can create, list, read, and write portable archives from the command line.

Use it when scripts or compatibility workflows require the standard pax interface. Archive extraction can overwrite files, so check destination paths before unpacking.

How to run

pax

Commands: pax

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