CLI: Useful commands for compression/extraction in Linux

For beginners, learning the Command Line Interface could be a vital tool in your arsenal. Master CLI commands to easily navigate between High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and your personnel computer.

Here are some of the most helpful CLI commands for compression and extraction of files in Linux -

tar cf file.tar file	Create tar named file.tar containing file
tar xf file.tar	Extract the files from file.tar
tar czf file.tar.gz files	Create a tar with Gzip compression
tar xzf file.tar.gz	Extract a tar using Gzip
tar cjf file.tar.bz2	Create tar with Bzip2 compression
tar xjf file.tar.bz2	Extract a tar using Bzip2 compression
gzip file	Compresses file and renames it to file.gz
gzip -d file.gz	Decompresses file.gz back to file

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