tutorial - Quick Guide to compress / decompress files

tar (tar)
tar Packaging
tar cvf archive.tar / archive / May / *
Unpack
tar xvf archive.tar
See the content (not extract)
tar tvf archive.tar
tar.gz -. tar.Z -. tgz (tar with gzip)
Pack and compress
tar czvf archive.tar.gz tar / archive / May / *
Unpack and decompress
tar xzvf archive.tar.gz
See the content (not extract)
tar tzvf archive.tar.gz
gz (gzip)
Compress
gzip file-q
(The file compresses it and rename it as "archive.gz")
Unzip
gzip-d archive.gz
 (The file unzip it and leave it as a "file")
Note: gzip only compresses files, not directories
bz2 (bzip2)
Compress
bzip2 file
bunzip2 file
(The file compresses it and rename it as "archive.bz2")
Unzip
bzip2-d archive.bz2
bunzip2 archive.bz2
(The file unzip it and leave it as a "file")
Note: only bzip2 compressed files, not directories
tar.bz2 (tar with bzip2)
Compress
tar-c files | bzip2> archive.tar.bz2
Unzip
bzip2-dc archive.tar.bz2 | tar-xv
tar jvxf archive.tar.bz2 (recent versions of tar)
View content
bzip2-dc archive.tar.bz2 | tar-tv
zip (zip)
Compress
zip archive.zip / May / files
Unzip
unzip archive.zip
View content
unzip-v archive.zip 
rar (rar)
Compress
rar-a archive.rar / May / files
Unzip
rar-x archive.rar
View content
rar-v archive.rar
rar-l archive.rar


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