# List the contents of an archive:
pax -f archive.tar
# List the contents of a gzipped archive:
pax -zf archive.tar.gz
# Create an archive from files:
pax -wf target.tar path/to/file1 path/to/file2 path/to/file3
# Create an archive from files, using output redirection:
pax -w path/to/file1 path/to/file2 path/to/file3 > target.tar
# Extract an archive into the current directory:
pax -rf source.tar
# Copy to a directory, while keeping the original metadata; `target/` must exist:
pax -rw path/to/file1 path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 target/
# Replace special character and copy (takes a sed statement as an argument using the -s flag).
- pax -rw -s '/[?<>\\:*|\"]/_/g' /some/source/path /some/destination/path
- eg: pax -rw -s '/[?<>\\:*|\"]/_/g' w\*ater . (will change w*ater to w_ater)
