cli-tarHow do I use gzip, tar, and unzip to compress files?
Using gzip, tar, and unzip to compress files is relatively simple.
Using gzip, you can compress a single file with the following command:
gzip <filename>
This will create a new file with a .gz extension.
Using tar, you can compress multiple files into a single file with the following command:
tar -cvf <archive_name>.tar <files_to_archive>
This command will create an archive file with a .tar extension.
Using unzip, you can extract the contents of a compressed file with the following command:
unzip <filename>.zip
This command will extract the contents of the compressed file into the current directory.
Code explanation
- gzip: Compress a single file
- tar: Compress multiple files into a single file
- unzip: Extract the contents of a compressed file
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