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

Helpful links

• gzip Manual
• tar Manual
• unzip Manual

Edit this code on GitHub