cli-tarHow do I create a .tar.gz file on Unix?

Creating a .tar.gz file on Unix can be done using the tar command.

tar -czvf <filename>.tar.gz <directory>

This command will create a .tar.gz file containing the contents of the specified directory.

• tar: The command used to create a .tar.gz file
• -c: The flag used to create a new archive
• -z: The flag used to compress the archive with gzip
• -v: The flag used to verbosely list the files being archived
• -f: The flag used to specify the filename of the archive
• <filename>: The filename of the archive
• <directory>: The directory to be archived

For example, to create a .tar.gz file of the example directory, the command would be:

tar -czvf example.tar.gz example

This will create a .tar.gz file called example.tar.gz containing the contents of the example directory.

Helpful links

• GNU Tar Manual
• How to Create and Extract tar.gz Files in Linux

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