Linux File Compression command

1, Gzip/gunzip

Function: Compress/Unzip files

Note: (1) Only the files can be compressed, the directory cannot be compressed, (2) after the file is compressed, the source file is gone.

Grammar:

Gzip file name

Gunzip Compressed file name

2. Tar

Function: Compress directory/Unpack Package

Syntax: TAR-ZCVF destination filename Original directory name//compressed directory

TAR-XFZ ZIP file name//unzip

3. zip

Features: compressing files or directories

Example:

Zip new,zip new//Compressed new file, unlike Gzip, the source file is preserved

Zip-r newsdir.zip Newsdir//Compression directory

4, Uzip

Function: Unzip zip file

Syntax: Uzip compressed file name

5, Bzip2

Features: Compressing files

Syntax: Bzip2-k file name//result is. bz2

Unzip to: Bunzip2 compressed file name

Linux File Compression command