1.gzip. gz file Compression
Enter # gzip file name. GZ compression
#gzip-D Compression Pack decompression
Only files can be compressed
2.bzip2. bz2 file Compression
Enter the #bzip2 file name. bz2 compression
#bzip2-D Compression Pack decompression
Only files can be compressed
3.tar compression of files and directories
Enter the file or directory to be compressed after #tar-czvf the compressed filename.
-Z: Simultaneously with gzip compression
-j: Simultaneous compression with bzip2
-X: Unzip
-T: View the files in the tar package
-C: Create a compact Package
-V: Visualize
-F: followed by file name
viewing compressed files using-TF
-ZXVF Extracting GZ files
-JXVF Extracting bz2 files
4.zip compression
Enter #zip compressed file name. zip files to be compressed
When there is a multilevel directory #zip-R
Decompression #unzip
View Compressed file contents Bzcat
Compression of Linux files and directories
