gzip
gzip compress file
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touch test.txt
gzip test.txt
it will make test.txt to test.txt.gz
gzip decompress file
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gzip -d test.txt.gz
it will make test.txt.gz to test.txt
tar
tar compress file or folder
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mkdir t
touch t/test.txt
tar -zcvf test.tar.gz test.txt
-z -gzip: filter the archive through gzip -c -create: create a new archive it will generate test.tar.gz file
tar decompress file or folder
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tar -zxvf test.tar.gz
-x -extract: extract files from an archive it will generate t/test.txt file
References
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man tar