using tar and gzip
Billy Kirk
tar
tar -cvf /path/to/foo.tar /path/to/foo/ create verbosely an uncompressed archive file
tar -xvf /path/to/foo.tar extract an uncompressed archive file
tar -xvf /path/to/foo.tar -C /path/to/destination/ extract to a specific Directory
tar -xf source.tar --wildcards "*.html" extract only files matching a specific pattern
tar -xzvf /path/to/foo.tgz extract a compressed (zipped) archive (can use .tgz or tar.gz)
tar -czvf /path/to/foo.tgz /path/to/foo/ create a compressed archive
tar -tzvf /path/to/foo.tgz list the content of a .tgz archive:
tar -czvf /path/to/foo.tgz --exclude=\*.{jpg,gif} /path/to/foo/ exclude all jpg and gif files from the archive
gzip
gzip /path/to/foo.ext compress a file, replacing it with a compressed version
gzip -d /path/to/foo.ext.gz decompress a file, replacing it with the origional uncompressed version
gzip -k /path/to/foo.ext Compress a file, keeping the original file
gzip -c /path/to/foo.ext > /path/to/compressed_foo.ext.gz compress a file specifying the output filename
gzip -c -d /path/to/foo.ext.gz > /path/to/decompressed_foo.ext decompress a gzipped file specifying the output filename
gzip -9 -c {{file.ext}} > {{compressed_file.ext.gz}} Specify the compression level. 1=Fastest (Worst), 9=Slowest (Best), Default 6