cli-tarHow do I compress a folder using tar and gz in the command line?
The tar command can be used to compress a folder in the command line. The gz option is used to compress the folder with the gzip algorithm.
To compress a folder using tar and gz, use the following command:
tar -czvf <output-filename>.tar.gz <input-folder>The flags used in this command are:
-c: create a new archive-z: compress the archive withgzip-v: verbose mode - show the progress while creating the archive-f: specify the filename of the archive
The output of this command will be a single tar.gz file containing the compressed folder.
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