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Basic usage of tar command to (de)compress gz/bz2/xz files

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tar is a popular command-line tool used for archiving files. It is commonly used for creating backups, compressing files, and transferring files between different systems. Tar can create a single archive file that contains many files and directories, making it easy to move and manage large amounts of data.

Supported compression formats:

  • gzip (.gz)
  • bzip2 (.bz2)
  • xz (.xz)

.tar.gz

# compress
tar zcf FILE.tar.gz FILEDIR
# decompress
tar zxf FILE.tar.gz

.tar.bz2

# compress
tar jcf FILE.tar.bz2 FILEDIR
# decompress
tar jxf FILE.tar.bz2

.tar.xz

# compress
tar Jcf FILE.tar.xz FILEDIR
# decompress
tar Jxf FILE.tar.xz
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