---
name: "tarcat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tar"
version: "1.35+dfsg-3.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tarcat"
---

# tarcat(1)

concatenates the pieces of a GNU tar multi-volume archive

## NAME

tarcat - concatenates the pieces of a GNU tar multi-volume archive

## SYNOPSIS

**tarcat** files ...

## DESCRIPTION

The  **tarcat** command simply concatenates the files from a GNU tar multi-volume  archive into a single tar archive.

## SEE ALSO

[**tar**(1)](/tar/1.md).

## AUTHORS

The **tarcat** script was written by  Bruno Haible \<bruno@clisp.org\> and Sergey Poznyakoff \<gray@gnu.org.ua\>.

This document was written by Bdale Garbee \<bdale@gag.com\> for Debian.