cli-tarHow do I use the shell to tar and zip files?

The shell can be used to tar and zip files using the tar and zip commands.

For example, to tar a directory called mydir and store it in a file called mydir.tar, the following command can be used:

tar -cvf mydir.tar mydir

The command will create a tar file called mydir.tar in the current working directory.

To zip a directory called mydir and store it in a file called mydir.zip, the following command can be used:

zip -r mydir.zip mydir

The command will create a zip file called mydir.zip in the current working directory.

Code explanation

• tar: The tar command is used to create tar archives
• -cvf: The -cvf option is used to create a tar archive with verbose output and store it in a file
• zip: The zip command is used to create zip archives
• -r: The -r option is used to recursively zip a directory

For more information, see the following links:

• tar command
• zip command

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