Linux Compression command Cheatsheet
Last Updated on Wednesday 5th Oct 2022
Zip
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zip -r
(directory) compressed file source file/source directory
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unzip
source file -d specifies the path
Gz
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gzip
source files
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gzip -c
source file> compressed file
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gzip -r
source directory compresses all sub-files in the source directory separately
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gzip -d
(decompressed) file
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gunzip
compressed file
Tar
- -z Compress .tar to .tar.gz -j Compress .tar to .tar.bz2
- -c pack -x unpack
- -t View compressed files
- -v display process
- -f specifies the name of the compressed file
- -C specifies the decompression path
7z
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7z x manager.7z
.
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a
: add
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x
: extract
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-r
: recursive
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-o
: specific path
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-t
: type