Detailed explanation of unix Packaging Compression Command

Common packaging, compression and decompression commands under Linux:

.tar

Unpack: tar xvf FileName.tar

Packaging: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName

Note: tar is packaging, not compression

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.gz

Decompress 1:gunzip FileName.gz

Decompress 2:gzip-d FileName.gz

Compression: gzip FileName

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.tar.gz and .tgz

Decompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

Compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

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.bz2

Decompress 1:bzip2-d FileName.bz2

Decompress 2:bunzip2 FileName.bz2

Compression: bzip2-z FileName

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.tar.bz2

Decompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2

Compression: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

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.bz

Decompress 1:bzip2-d FileName.bz

Decompress 2:bunzip2 FileName.bz

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.tar.bz

Decompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

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.Z

Decompress: uncompress FileName.Z

Compression: compress FileName

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.tar.Z

Decompress: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z

Compression: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

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.zip

Decompress: unzip FileName.zip

Compression: zip FileName.zip DirName

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.rar

Decompress: rar x FileName.rar

Compression: rar a FileName.rar DirName

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.lha

Decompress: lha-e FileName.lha

Compression: lha-a FileName.lha FileName

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.rpm

Unpack: rpm2cpio FileName.rpm | cpio-div

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.deb

Unpack: ar p FileName.deb data.tar.gz | tar zxf-

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.tar .tgz .tar.gz .tar.Z .tar.bz .tar.bz2 .zip .cpio .rpm .deb .slp .arj .rar .ace .lha .lzh .lzx .lzs .arc .sda .sfx .lnx .zoo .cab .kar .cpt .pit .sit .sea

Decompress: sEx x FileName.*

Compression: sEx a FileName.* FileName

SEx only calls related programs and does not have compression or decompression functions.