cli-tarHow can I compress a file using the tar and gzip commands in one command?
To compress a file using the tar and gzip commands in one command, you can use the following command:
tar -czvf <output-filename.tar.gz> <input-filename>
This command will create an output file with the name <output-filename.tar.gz>
containing the contents of the input file <input-filename>
.
The command parts are:
tar
: the tar command is used to create an archive file-czvf
: this is a combination of flags used to create a gzip compressed tar archive<output-filename.tar.gz>
: this is the name of the output file to be created<input-filename>
: this is the name of the input file to be compressed
For more information about the tar command, you can refer to the following links:
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