Microsoft plans to integrate into the next information features of Windows 10, the tar and cURL applications on command line tools. This update is expected in March of 2018.
Although we don't know the full yet name of the next feature update, it's clear that it will include significant improvements and additions in contrast to the rather lackluster Fall Creators Update.
Linux users, however, definitely get their hands on the new one, as these two command line tools have been part of Linux for a very long time. But most users of Windows until now they are not able to extract TAR files if they don't use software third-party, such as Bandizip or 7-Zip.
Microsoft points out that the two open source tools will work just like the * nix systems.
The tar application will be a command line tool that enables you to create and extract compressed files in tar format, and the cURL application will be a command line tool for transferring files. PowerShell incorporates some of these functions, but the new addition will be about the command line.
The tar.exe command line tool will work pretty much as you would expect. You can use the -x switch to export the files, or the -c to create them. You can also use the –help command to display all tool options.
Curl also comes with many options, the main one being the -o switch that downloads a file from address URL you specified and stores it on the local system.
