Summary of common Linux compression and decompression operations

Assume that there is a project folder in the current directory, which contains several files.

. Tar
Compression:Tar CVF project.tar Project/
Decompress:Tar xvf project.tar
View:Tar tvf project.tar
Note: It is only packaged and not compressed. It is often used for fast packaging.

. GZ
Compression:Gzip project.tar
Decompress:Gzip-D project.tar.gzOrGunzip project.tar.gz
View:Gzip-l project.tar.gz
Note: a document is usually compressed into the .tar.gz format.

.Tar.gz/. tgz
Compression:Tar czvf project.tar.gz Project/
Decompress:Tar xzvf project.tar.gz
View:Tar tvf project.tar.gz

.Tar.bz2
Compression:Tar czvf project.tar.bz2 Project/
Decompress:Tar xzvf project.tar.bz2
View:Tar tvf project.tar.bz2

. Zip
Compression:Zip-r project.zip Project/
Decompress:Unzip project.zip