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Compression & Archiving

Create a tar archive

$ tar cf [archive].tar [files]
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$ tar czf [archive].tar.gz [files]
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$ tar cjf [archive].tar.bz2 [files]
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$ tar cJf [archive].tar.xz [files]
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Extract a tar archive

$ tar xf [archive].tar
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$ tar xzf [archive].tar.gz
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$ tar xjf [archive].tar.bz2
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$ tar xJf [archive].tar.xz
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Extract to a specific directory

$ tar xf [archive].tar -C [directory]
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List archive contents

$ tar tf [archive].tar
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$ tar tzf [archive].tar.gz
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Compress with gzip

$ gzip [file]
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$ gzip -k [file]
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$ gzip -9 [file]
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Decompress gzip

$ gunzip [file].gz
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$ zcat [file].gz
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Compress with bzip2

$ bzip2 [file]
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$ bzip2 -k [file]
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Decompress bzip2

$ bunzip2 [file].bz2
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$ bzcat [file].bz2
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Compress with xz

$ xz [file]
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$ xz -k [file]
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$ xz -9 [file]
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Decompress xz

$ unxz [file].xz
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$ xzcat [file].xz
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Compress with zstd

$ zstd [file]
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$ zstd -k [file]
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$ zstd -19 [file]
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Decompress zstd

$ unzstd [file].zst
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$ zstdcat [file].zst
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Create a zip archive

$ zip [archive].zip [files]
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$ zip -r [archive].zip [directory]
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$ zip -e [archive].zip [files]
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Extract a zip archive

$ unzip [archive].zip
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$ unzip [archive].zip -d [directory]
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$ unzip -l [archive].zip
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Show zip archive info

$ zipinfo [archive].zip
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Create a 7z archive

$ 7z a [archive].7z [files]
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Extract a 7z archive

$ 7z x [archive].7z
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List 7z archive contents

$ 7z l [archive].7z
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Create a cpio archive

$ find . | cpio -o > [archive].cpio
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Extract a cpio archive

$ cpio -id < [archive].cpio
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Extract a rar archive

$ unrar x [archive].rar
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Create an ar archive

$ ar rcs [archive].a [files]
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