Tar command not found in adb shell

Question

I am new to android sorry if i sound like a nub but . I want to copy a tar file inside the device through adb . After that i would like to extract it inside the device through tar command line tool. Is it possible ? If yes how do i install tar ?

zsh: command not found: tar

Answer 1

Use

adb push 'pathOnDesktop' 'pathOnDevice'

For copying files already on the device to a different location use

adb shell cp source destination

tar utility is bundled with adb

Do to see available commands and arguments with tar

adb shell tar --help 

and then

tar –xvzf filename

to extract the zipped files.