What are the compression and decompression commands in linux

This article is to share with you about the compression and decompression commands in linux. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you to learn. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Tar

Unpack: tar xvf FileName.tar

Packaging: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName

(note: tar is packaging, not compression! )

.gz

Decompress 1:gunzip FileName.gz

Decompress 2:gzip-d FileName.gz

Compression: gzip FileName

.tar.gz and .tgz

Decompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

Compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

.bz2

Decompress 1:bzip2-d FileName.bz2

Decompress 2:bunzip2 FileName.bz2

Compression: bzip2-z FileName

.tar.bz2

Decompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2

Compression: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

.bz

Decompress 1:bzip2-d FileName.bz

Decompress 2:bunzip2 FileName.bz

Compression: unknown

Decompress: uncompress FileName.Z

Compression: compress FileName

.tar.Z

Decompress: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z

Compression: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

.zip

Decompress: unzip FileName.zip

Compression: zip FileName.zip DirName

.rar

Decompress: rar x FileName.rar

Compression: rar a FileName.rar DirName

These are the compression and decompression commands in linux, and the editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.