cli-tarHow do I compress a file with Unix tar gz?
Compressing a file with Unix tar gz is a simple process. To do this, you will need to use the tar command. The tar command allows you to create an archive of multiple files or directories.
To compress a file with tar gz, you will need to use the following command:
tar -czvf filename.tar.gz /path/to/file
The command will create an archive of the file located in the provided path and save it as filename.tar.gz
in the current directory. The -c
flag indicates that the tar command should create an archive, the -z
flag indicates that you want to compress the file with gzip, the -v
flag will provide verbose output, and the -f
flag indicates the name and location of the archive.
The following is an example of the output you can expect from the command:
adding: path/to/file (deflated 86%)
The output indicates that the file has been added to the archive and compressed with gzip.
The parts of the command are as follows:
tar
: The command to create an archive.-c
: Flag to indicate that an archive should be created.-z
: Flag to indicate that the file should be compressed with gzip.-v
: Flag to provide verbose output.-f
: Flag to indicate the name and location of the archive.filename.tar.gz
: The name and location of the archive./path/to/file
: The path to the file that should be added to the archive.
For more information about the tar command, see the GNU tar manual.
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