Compression and decompression of files under Linux

Tar command

Unpacking: Tar zxvf FileName. Tar

Package: Tar czvf FileName. Tar DirName

GZ command

Unzip 1:gunzip FileName. GZ

Unzip 2:gzip-d FileName. GZ

Compression: gzip FileName

. tar.gz and. tgz

Unzip: Tar zxvf FileName. tar.gz

Compression: Tar zcvf FileName. tar.gz DirName

Compress multiple files: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName1 DirName2 DirName3 ...

bz2 command

Unzip 1:bzip2-d FileName. bz2

Unzip 2:bunzip2 FileName. bz2

Compression: Bzip2-z FileName

. tar.bz2

Unzip: Tar jxvf FileName. tar.bz2

Compression: Tar jcvf FileName. tar.bz2 DirName

BZ command

Unzip 1:bzip2-d FileName. BZ

Unzip 2:bunzip2 FileName. BZ

Compression: Unknown

. tar.bz

Unzip: Tar jxvf FileName. tar.bz

Z Command

Unzip: uncompress FileName. Z

Compression: Compress FileName

. Tar. Z

Unzip: Tar zxvf FileName. Tar. Z

Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z DirName

• Zip command

  Unzip: Unzip FileName. zip

  Compression: Zip FileName. zip DirName

RAR file

Installing 7zip:sudo apt-get Install P7zip-full

Decompression: sudo 7z x filename.rar

or installing Rar:sudo apt-get install rar

Decompression: sudo rar x filename.rar

Compression: sudo rar a filename directory->filename.rar

Compression and decompression of files under Linux