How to compress and decompress files in various formats in Linux

Tar
　
Unpack: Tar xvf filename.tar
　
Unpack: Tar xvf filename.tar
　
(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
　
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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. Tgz
　
Decompress: Tar zxvf filename. tgz
　
Compression: Unknown
　
. Tar. tgz
　
Decompress: Tar zxvf filename.tar. tgz
　
Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar. tgz filename
　
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. Zip
　
Decompress: unzip filename.zip
　
Compression: Zip filename.zip dirname
　
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. RAR
　
Decompress: rar a filename.rar
　
Compression: R ar e filename.rar
　
RAR please go to: http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm
Download
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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
　
For LHA, visit http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp /...... /Lhaunix/
Download
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> 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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. 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 related programs and does not support compression or decompression. Please note!
　
Sex to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sex
Download
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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/