cli-tarHow do I tar and gzip a folder in Linux?

The tar command is a great way to compress a folder in Linux. It creates a single file that contains all of the files and folders inside the folder you specified. To tar and gzip a folder in Linux, you can use the following command:

tar -zcvf <filename>.tar.gz <folder_name>

This will create a <filename>.tar.gz file that contains the contents of the <folder_name>.

The parts of the command are as follows:

• tar: The command to create the archive
• -zcvf: The flags used to create a gzipped tar archive
• <filename>.tar.gz: The name of the archive file to be created
• <folder_name>: The name of the folder to be compressed

For more information, see the GNU tar documentation.

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