With the tar command in Linux, you can easily archive and unarchive files/ directories. So learn about tar command syntax and examples.

At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how.

In this article of the Linux Lexicon series, discover compress and extract files in Linux using the tar, gzip and gunzip command ...

This command will create a tar file of the folder and its subfolders. The c option stands for create, v stands for verbose, and f stands for file. The following command can be used to extract the ...

Tar.gz is the most common file archive format in computers today. Learn how you can unzip tar.gz files with the built-in tools in Linux.

Linux 101: How to create a zip file in Linux Jack Wallen walks you through the process of zipping and unzipping files in Linux from both the command line and the GUI.