cli-tarHow do I compress a file using tar and gzip?
To compress a file using tar and gzip, follow these steps:
- Create a tar file of the file or directory you want to compress:
tar -cvf <tar-file-name>.tar <file-or-directory-name>
This will create a tar file with the name you specified.
- Compress the tar file using gzip:
gzip <tar-file-name>.tar
This will create a gzipped tar file with the same name as the tar file, but with the .gz extension.
- Extract the compressed tar file:
tar -xzf <tar-file-name>.tar.gz
This will extract the contents of the gzipped tar file.
tar
: creates a tar file of the file or directory you want to compressgzip
: compresses the tar filetar -xzf
: extracts the compressed tar file
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