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date="2022-12-21"
author="spanskiduh"
title="Compression"
description="click to read about Compression"
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# Compression
### Tar archives

- `tar -cf file.tar dir/` -archive using tar, extract `tar -xvf file.tar`
- `sudo tar -czf file.tar.gz dir/` gzip dir

### Gzip
- `gunzip archive.gz`

### Zip archives

- `unzip -x <file.zip> -d <destination_dir>` - unzip
-`zip -r {filename.zip} {foldername}` -zip
- `  zip -r assignment3 assignment3 -x assignment3/images/** -x assignment3/instructions.pdf` - exclude
- ` unzip -l assignment3.zip` - list

### 7zip archives
- `7z x <file.7z>` - unzip