Linux Commands - Packaged and Compressed Files

Show content of TAR file

To view the contents of a .tar file without extracting it.

tar -tf archive.tar

Create TAR file

Generates a TAR file from a directory.

tar -cvf archivo.tar directorio1

Create TAR file with multiple files and directories

Allows you to package multiple files and directories into a single TAR file.

tar -cvf archivo.tar archivo1 archivo2 directorio1

Create compressed TAR file in bzip2

Generates a compressed TAR file using the bzip2 algorithm.

tar -cvfj archivo.tar.bz2 directorio1

Create compressed TAR file in gzip

Creates a TAR file compressed in gzip format.

tar -cvfz archivo.tar.gz directorio1

Extract TAR file

Decompresses a TAR file.

tar -xvf archivo.tar

Extract TAR file to a specific directory

Extracts the contents of a TAR file to the desired directory.

tar -xvf archivo.tar -C /directorio

Extract TAR file preserving user permissions

Extracts a TAR file while preserving user permissions.

tar -xpvf archivo.tar

Decompress bzip2 compressed TAR file

Extracts a TAR file that has been compressed with bzip2.

tar -xvfj archivo.tar.bz2

Decompress gzip compressed TAR file

Extracts a TAR file compressed in gzip format.

tar -xvfz archivo.tar.gz

Create a compressed ZIP file

Generates a ZIP file from a directory.

zip archivo.zip directorio1

Compress in ZIP with multiple files and directories

Allows you to package multiple files and directories into a single ZIP file.

zip -r archivo.zip archivo1 archivo2 directorio1

Decompress a ZIP file

Extracts the contents of a ZIP file.

unzip archivo.zip

Compress BZ2 file

Generates a compressed file in BZ2 format.

bzip2 archivo

Decompress BZ2 file

Extracts the contents of a BZ2 file.

bunzip2 archivo.bz2

Compress GZ file

Generates a compressed file in GZ format.

gzip archivo

Decompress GZ file

Extracts the contents of a GZ file.

gunzip archivo.gz

Decompress GZ file with maximum compression

Decompresses a GZ file applying the maximum compression.

gzip -9 archivo