Ubuntuunzips, tar,tar.gz,tar.bz2

ZIPzip may be the most commonly used File compression format. It is used on different operating system platforms, such as Linux, Windows, and MacOS. The compression rate is not very high, and tar.gzand tar.gz 2 are very good in terms of compression rate. Let's get started: Use the following command to compress a directory: unzip zip-rarchive_name.zip directory_to_compress

ZIP

Zip may be the most commonly used File compression format. It is used on different operating system platforms, such as Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. The compression rate is not very high, and tar.gzand tar.gz 2 are very good in terms of compression rate. Let's start with the question:

We can use the following command to compress a directory:

# Zip-r archive_name.zip directory_to_compress

Below is a zip file:

# Unzip archive_name.zip

TAR

Tar is a widely used document packaging format in Linux. Its advantage is that it only consumes a very small amount of CPU and time to package files. It is only a packaging tool and is not responsible for compression. The following shows how to package a directory:

# Tar-cvf archive_name.tar directory_to_compress

How to unpack:

# Tar-xvf archive_name.tar.gz

The preceding command unpacks the document in the current directory. Of course, you can also use this command to hold the path for unpacking:

# Tar-xvf archive_name.tar-C/tmp/extract_here/

TAR. GZ

This format is the most commonly used compression format. It does not occupy too much CPU during compression, and can obtain an ideal compression rate. Use the following format to compress a directory:

# Tar-zcvf archive_name.tar.gz directory_to_compress

Decompress:

# Tar-zxvf archive_name.tar.gz

The preceding command unpacks the document in the current directory. Of course, you can also use this command to hold the path for unpacking:

# Tar-zxvf archive_name.tar.gz-C/tmp/extract_here/

TAR. BZ2

This compression format is the best compression ratio among all the methods we mentioned. Of course, this means that it takes more CPU and time than the previous method. For example, you can use tar.bz2 for compression.

# Tar-jcvf archive_name.tar.bz2 directory_to_compress

The preceding command unpacks the document in the current directory. Of course, you can also use this command to hold the path for unpacking:

# Tar-jxvf archive_name.tar.bz2-C/tmp/extract_here/