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Using `tar' in Verbose Mode
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   If you include the `--verbose' (`-v') option on the command line,
`tar' will list the files it is acting on as it is working.  The
example above in verbose mode would be:

     % tar --create --file=records --verbose blues folk jazz
     blues
     folk
     jazz

The first line, which is preceeded by a `%', is the command line.  The
lines after the first line are generated by `tar' as it works.  In the
following examples we usually use verbose mode, though it is almost
never required.

   If you include the `--verbose' (`-v') option on the command line,
`tar' will list the files it is acting on as it is working. In verbose
mode, the creation example above would appear as:

     % tar --create --file=records --verbose blues folk jazz
     blues
     folk
     jazz

   The first line is the command typed in by the user.  The remaining
lines are generated by `tar'.  In the following examples we usually use
verbose mode, though it is almost never required.