Linux - Compress Commands

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Compress Commands

zip,gzip,tar

zip newfilename file1 dir1 file2 -- compress the files and directory
unzip newfilename -- To unzip the file
gzip filename -- to compress the zip files
gunzip -- to unzip the gzip
tar -cvf -- to create a tar file eg: file.tar
tar -tcf -- to list a tar file
tar -xvf -- to extract a tar file
tar -cvzf -- to create a tar file and compress eg: file.tar.gz
tar -tczf -- to list a compressed tar file
tar -xvzf -- to extract a compressed tar file