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+#!/bin/bash
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE:  tar.sh
+#         USAGE:  ./tar.sh 
+#   DESCRIPTION:  TAR command as a shell script!
+#                 A bit of a toy/novelty idea to use a script for this
+#       CREATED:  17/11/2017
+# 
+#===============================================================================
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]
+then
+  echo "Usage:  $0  (-x) | (-c  files)  archive.tar"
+  exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ x"$1" == x"-x" ]
+then
+  echo "Extracting..."
+  LINE=0
+  LINES=0
+  FILE=
+  cat "$2" | while IFS= read -r TEXT
+  do
+    if [ x"$LINES" == x"$LINE" ]
+    then
+      LINE=0
+      LINES=`echo $TEXT`
+      read FILE
+      echo "Extracting $LINES lines from $FILE "
+      if [ -f $FILE ]
+      then
+        echo "$FILE file already exists. Aborting."
+        exit -1
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "${TEXT}" >> $FILE
+      LINE=$(($LINE + 1))
+    fi
+  done
+
+elif [ x"$1" == x"-c" ]
+then
+  if [ $# -lt 3 ]
+  then
+    echo "No files to add"
+    exit -1
+  else
+    echo "Creating..."
+    shift
+    rm -rf .tmp.tar
+    while [ $# -gt 1 ]
+    do
+      echo "Adding $1"
+      echo "`cat \"$1\" | wc -l`" >> .tmp.tar
+      echo "$1" >> .tmp.tar
+      cat "$1" >> .tmp.tar
+      shift
+    done
+    mv .tmp.tar "$1"
+    echo "Created archive $1"
+  fi
+else
+  echo "Usage:  $0  (-x) | (-c  files)  archive.tar"
+  exit -1
+fi
+