cli-tarHow do I use the gzip tar command in Linux?
The gzip tar command is used to create a compressed archive file in Linux. It combines the gzip and tar commands to compress and combine multiple files into one archive file.
Example
tar -czf archive.tar.gz file1 file2 file3This command will combine file1, file2, and file3 into a single archive.tar.gz file.
Parts of the command:
tar: the tar command is used to create an archive-czf: the-cflag creates an archive, the-zflag compresses the archive usinggzip, and the-fflag specifies the filename of the archivearchive.tar.gz: the name of the archive that will be createdfile1 file2 file3: the files to be combined into the archive
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