Compression and decompression under Linux

Common compression commands

. gz gzip Compression tool files

Files for the. bz2 bzip2 Compression Tool

. Tar Tar Packager package files (tar does not compress function, just merge a directory into one file)

The. Tar.gz can be understood to be packaged with tar first and then compressed in gzip

. tar.bz2 first packed in tar, compressed in bzip2

Gzip Compression Tool

Gzip does not support compressing directories, deleting source files after compression

# gzip [-d#] filename where # is 1-9 digits, compression level, 1 compression is the worst, 9 compression is best, 6 is the default

-D decompression is used

# Gunzip filename can also be decompressed

bZIP Compression Tool

bZIP does not support compression of directories

# bzip [-DKZ] filename

-D Decompression

-K Preserve Source files

-Z compression, do not add-Z can also compress files

# The TAR Pack tool can package a directory into a file for easy copying or moving

# tar [-ZJXCVFPP] filename

-Z Use gzip compression at the same time

-j simultaneous use of bzip compression

-X Unpack or unzip

-T view the files inside the tar package

-C Build a tar package or zip file package

-V Visualization

-F followed by the file name, compressed with "-F file name", meaning the compressed file name is filename, decompression with "-f filename", meaning decompression filename.-f need to write to the last

-P Use the properties of the original file, compress what attributes before compression or what properties

# TAR-ZCVF zhao.tar.gz Zhao #打包目录 Zhao and compressed to. gz format

# TAR-ZXCF zhao.tar.gz #解压缩 zhao.tar.gz

Zip compression tool

Windows Linux Universal

# zip [-R] [file or directory after compression]

-R Compression Directory

# unzip [compressed file]

Compression and decompression under Linux