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(De)compress gz/bz2/xz file with tar command

.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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