How to create and extract zip, tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 files under Linux

Zip
Zip is probably the most used document compression format. Its greatest advantage is in the use of different operating system platforms, such as Linux, Windows and Mac OS. The downside is that the compression ratios are not very high, and tar.gz and TAR.GZ2 are doing very well in terms of compression. Gossip less, let's get to the point:
We can compress a directory with the following commands:

# zip-r Archive_name.zip directory_to_compress

The following is if you unzip a zip document:

# Unzip Archive_name.zip

TAR
Tar is a very extensive document packaging format used in Linux. The advantage is that it consumes very little CPU and time to package files, he is just a packaging tool, not responsible for compression. Here's how to package a directory:

# TAR-CVF Archive_name.tar directory_to_compress

How to unpack the package:

# TAR-XVF Archive_name.tar.gz

This unpacking command will unlock the document under the current directory. Of course, you can also use this command to squeeze the path of the unpacking:

# TAR-XVF Archive_name.tar-c/tmp/extract_here/

TAR. GZ
This format is the most compressed format I have used. It does not take up too much CPU when compressing, and it can get a very ideal compression rate. Use the following format to compress a directory:

# TAR-ZCVF archive_name.tar.gz directory_to_compress

Unzip:

# TAR-ZXVF Archive_name.tar.gz

This unpacking command will unlock the document under the current directory. Of course, you can also use this command to squeeze the path of the unpacking:

# TAR-ZXVF Archive_name.tar.gz-c/tmp/extract_here/

TAR. BZ2
This compression format is the best compression rate in all of the ways we mentioned. This, of course, means that it consumes more CPU and time than the previous way. This is how you use tar.bz2 for compression.

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How to create and extract zip, tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 files under Linux