cli-tarHow do I use gzip and tar in Linux?

Gzip and tar are two command line tools used to compress and archive files in Linux.

To use gzip, you can run the following command:

gzip <filename>

This will compress the file and create a new file with a .gz extension.

To unzip the file, you can run the following command:

gunzip <filename.gz>

This will decompress the file and create a new file with the original filename.

To use tar, you can run the following command to create an archive:

tar -cvf <archive_name.tar> <filename1> <filename2> ...

This will create a tar archive containing the specified files.

To extract the files from the archive, you can run the following command:

tar -xvf <archive_name.tar>

This will extract the files from the archive and create new files with the original filenames.

Code explanation

gzip <filename>: Compress a file and create a new file with a .gz extension
gunzip <filename.gz>: Decompress a file and create a new file with the original filename
tar -cvf <archive_name.tar> <filename1> <filename2> ...: Create a tar archive containing the specified files
tar -xvf <archive_name.tar>: Extract the files from the archive and create new files with the original filenames