Tar command usage details

. Tar
Unpack: Tar xvf filename.tar
Package: Tar CVF filename.tar dirname
(Note: tar is packed, not compressed !)
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. GZ
Decompress 1: gunzip filename.gz
Decompress 2: gzip-D filename.gz
Compression: gzip filename
.Tar.gz and. tgz
Decompress: Tar zxvf filename.tar.gz
Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.gz dirname
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. Bz2
Decompress 1: Bzip2-D filename.bz2
Decompress 2: bunzip2 filename.bz2
Compression: Bzip2-Z filename
.Tar.bz2
Decompress: Tar jxvf filename.tar.bz2
Compression: Tar jcvf filename.tar.bz2 dirname
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. Bz
Extract 1: Bzip2-D filename. bz
Decompress 2: bunzip2 filename. bz
Compression: Unknown
. Tar. bz
Decompress: Tar jxvf filename.tar. bz
Compression: Unknown
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. Z
Decompress: uncompress filename. Z
Compression: compress filename
. Tar. Z
Decompress: Tar zxvf filename.tar. Z
Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar. Z dirname
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. Zip
Decompress: unzip filename.zip
Compression: Zip filename.zip dirname
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. Rar
Decompress: RAR x filename.rar
Compression: rar a filename.rar dirname

RAR Please download to: http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm!
After decompression, copy rar_static to the/usr/bin directory (Other Directories specified by the $ PATH environment variable can also be used ):
[Root @ www2 TMP] # cp rar_static/usr/bin/RAR
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. LHA
Decompress: LHA-e filename. LHA
Compression: LHA-a filename. LHA filename

LHA to: http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp /~ Ishii/lhaunix/download!
after decompression, copy LHA to the/usr/bin directory (Other Directories specified by the $ PATH environment variable can also be used ):
[root @ www2 TMP] # cp LHA/usr/bin/
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. rpm
unpack: rpm2cpio filename. rpm | cpio-Div
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. deb
unpack: Ar P filename. deb data.tar.gz | tar zxf-
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. tar
. tgz .tar.gz. tar. z. tar. BZ .tar.bz2. zip. cpio. rpm. deb. SLP. ARJ
. RAR. ace. lha. lzh. LZX. LZs. ARC. SDA. SFX. lnx. zoo. cab. kar. CPT
. pit. sit. sea
decompress: Sex x filename. *
compression: Sex a filename. * filename

sex only calls the relevant Program . It does not support compression or decompression. Please note that!
sex can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sex!
after decompression, copy sex to the/usr/bin directory (Other Directories specified by the $ PATH environment variable can also be used ):
[root @ www2 TMP] # cp sex/usr/bin/