Record various compression and decompression methods under Ubuntu:
. Tar
unpacking: Tar xvf filename.tar
Package: Tar cvf filename.tar DirName
(Note: Tar is packaged, not compressed!) )
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. GZ
Decompression 1:gunzip filename.gz
Decompression 2:gzip-d filename.gz
compression: gzip FileName
. tar.gz
decompression: Tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
compression: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName
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. bz2
Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz2
Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz2
compression: Bzip2-z FileName
. tar.bz2
decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2
compression: Tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName
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. BZ
Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz
Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz
. Tar.bz
decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz
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. Z
decompression: uncompress filename.z
compression: Compress FileName
. Tar. Z
decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tar.z
compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z DirName
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. tgz
decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tgz
. Tar.tgz
decompression: Tar zxvf FileName.tar.tgz
compression: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.tgz FileName
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. zip
decompression: Unzip Filename.zip
compression: Zip filename.zip DirName
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. rar
decompression: rar a filename.rar
compression: rar e filename.rar
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. Lha
decompression: lha-e Filename.lha
compression: lha-a Filename.lha FileName
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