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#### 2.6.3 Running `--create` with `--verbose`

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 `create` example above would appear as:

    $ tar --create --verbose --file=collection.tar blues folk jazz
    blues
    folk
    jazz

This example is just like the example we showed which did not use `--verbose`, except that `tar` generated the remaining

In the rest of the examples in this chapter, we will frequently use `verbose` mode so we can show actions or `tar` responses that you would otherwise not see, and which are important for you to understand.