Linux Compression and Decompression commands

• Tar command

  Unpacking: Tar zxvf Filename.tar

  Package: Tar czvf filename.tar DirName

• GZ command

  Decompression 1:gunzip filename.gz

  Decompression 2:gzip-d filename.gz

  Compression: gzip FileName

  . tar.gz and. tgz

  Decompression: 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

  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

• BZ command

  Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz

  Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz

  Compression: Unknown

  . tar.bz

  Decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

• Z Command

  Decompression: uncompress filename.z

  Compression: Compress FileName

  . Tar. Z

  Decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tar.z

  Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z DirName

• Zip command

  Decompression: Unzip Filename.zip

  Compression: Zip Filename.zip DirName

Linux Compression and Decompression commands