Command to Compress/Uncompress tar.gz and tar.bz2 files

Binny V A February 27, 2007 6 Comments

Compress folder Test/ to Test.tar.gz

tar czfv Test.tar.gz Test/
czfv = ‘Compress Zip File Verbose’
If you want bzip files, use ‘j’ instead of ‘z’.

tar -xzf Test.tar.gz
x = ‘eXtract’
Again, if you want bzip files, use ‘j’ instead of ‘z’.

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Manjunath says:

February 8, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Hi,

Thanks, This is very usfull information.

Manjunat

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malo says:

February 19, 2008 at 8:49 am

Thanks

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Rameshchimata says:

May 22, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Hi , Really this is very useful for me.

Thank You.

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sms gratis says:

March 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Thanks, i just using your info for backup my server files.

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grasland says:

December 29, 2009 at 4:23 pm

the command for compressing is missing a “-“

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Ivan Santos says:

May 2, 2011 at 12:45 pm

You can use “tar czfv Test.tar.gz Test/” or “tar -czfv Test.tar.gz Test/” or “tar xzf Test.tar.gz” or “tar -xzf Test.tar.gz”.

No matter, works the same 😉

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