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Compression and Archives

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tar -czf archive.tar.gz folder/ creates a compressed archive. tar -xzf archive.tar.gz extracts it. Use zip for cross-platform compatibility with Windows. gzip and bzip2 compress individual files with different ratios.

tar, gzip, zip

# Create tar archive
tar -czf backup.tar.gz /var/www

# Extract
tar -xzf backup.tar.gz
tar -xzf backup.tar.gz -C /tmp/

# List contents
tar -tzf backup.tar.gz

# gzip / gunzip
gzip large_file.txt
gunzip large_file.txt.gz

# zip
zip -r archive.zip folder/
unzip archive.zip