cli-tarHow do I use tar.bz2 to compress files in a Unix environment?
To compress files in a Unix environment using tar.bz2
, the following command should be used:
tar -cjvf [archive_name].tar.bz2 [file_name]
This command will create a compressed file named [archive_name].tar.bz2
containing the file [file_name]
.
tar
: The Unix command for creating, modifying, and extracting files from an archive.-c
: Create a new archive.-j
: Use bzip2 compression.-v
: Verbose mode.-f
: Specify the name of the archive.[archive_name]
: The name of the archive to be created.[file_name]
: The file to be compressed and added to the archive.
If the command is successful, the following output will be displayed:
adding: [file_name] (deflated 69%)
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