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

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