Methods of compression and decompression in Linux

[Gongora]

In order to package files, we use the following command:​

Tar -cvf file.tar / dir / a / compress /​

[align=justify]In order to untar the .tar files, we use the following command:​

Tar -xvf file.tar
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[align=justify]If you want to see the contents of a .tar file, the following command is used:​

Tar -tf file.tar
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To compress files in .gz format, the following command is used:​

Gzip -9 file
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[align=justify]To decompress .gz files, the following command will be used:​

Gzip -d file.gz
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To compress files in bz2 format, the following command is used:​

Bzip file​

To decompress .bz2 files, use the following command:​

Bzip2 -d file.bz2

-d: indicates decompression.​

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To compress files in tar.gz format, the following command is used:​

Tar -czfv file.tar.gz files
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[align=justify]To decompress files with tar.gz extension, use the following command:​

Tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
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[align=justify]In order to see the contents of a compressed file in tar.gz, the following command is used:​

Tar -tzf file.tar.gz​

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To decompress tar.bz2 files, the following command is used:​

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And to see the contents of a tar.bz2 file, use the following command:​

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In order to compress in zip format, the following command will be used:​

Zip file.zip files to compress​

In order to unzip the zip files, the following command is used:​

Unzip archive.zip​

To see the contents of a zip file, put the following command:​

Unzip -v zip.zip​

Rar files​

To compress in rar format, the following command will be used:​

Rar -a file.rar files​

To decompress files in rar format, the following command is used:​

Unrar -x file.rar​

To view the contents of a rar file, use the following command:​

Unrar -v file.rar
Unrar -l file.rar​