Linux compression and archiving

Common compression formats:gz, bz2, xz,zip,Z

Gz

Compress gzip + file name

Unzip gizp-d/Gunzip + compressed files (unzip and delete compressed files)

No pressure view Zcat + compressed package. GZ

Bz:

Compress bZIP + files

Unzip bZIP + ZIP file/bunzip+ Compressed file

No pressure to view Bzcat + files. bz2

Compress TAR-JCF + files

Decompression TAR-JXF

Zip

Compressed zip filename.zip file1 file2. Do not delete the original file after compression

Decompression Unzip Filename.zip

Compress TAR-ZCF +filename Archive and Compress

Unzip the TAR-JXF + Zip file to unzip and expand the archive

Linux compression and archiving