tar cvf folder.tar folder --exclude .git
tar czvf folder.tar.gz folder --exclude .git
tar cjvf folder.tar.bz folder --exclude .git
tar tvf folder.tar | less
tar xvf folder.tar
curl -s https://nivethan.dev/uploads/qmsys-alpine.tar | tar xvf - -C /usr/
wget -qO- https://nivethan.dev/uploads/qmsys-alpine.tar | tar xvf -
The -C switch will let you specify an existing folder to extract to.
Using curl and wget, you can stream a tar file without saving it to disk.