cli-tarHow do I use the tar command to compress files with gzip?
The tar
command is used to create, modify, and extract files from an archive. It is often used in conjunction with a compression utility, such as gzip
, to compress files for storage or transport.
To compress files with gzip
, the -z
or --gzip
option can be used with the tar
command.
For example, to compress a directory of files into a single .tar.gz
archive file, use the following command:
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory
The command above will create a file named archive.tar.gz
containing all files and directories in the specified directory.
The flags used in the command are:
-c
to create an archive-z
to compress the archive withgzip
-v
to be verbose and show the progress-f
to specify the output file
For more information about the tar
command, see the GNU tar manual.
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