Linux commands to compress and decompress files and directories

Being an avid linux os user, I often find myself googling how to compress a single file or a directory using bash terminal. The purpose of this article is to compile all those handy commands that I have to copy-paste from internet.

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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Abdullah Al Nahid

Being an avid linux os user, I often find myself googling how to compress a single file or a directory using bash terminal. The purpose of this article is to compile all those handy commands that I have to copy-paste from internet.

Zip files or folders 

###### For a single file
zip <output-zip-file> <input-filename>

###### For multiple files
zip <output-zip-file> <file-1> <file-2> ... <file-n>

###### For multiple files with same extension (.csv, .pdf) 
zip <output-zip-file> *<extension>

###### For a folder
zip -r <output-zip-file> <input-folder-name>

###### For multiple folders
zip -r <output-zip-file> <folder-1> <folder-2> ... <folder-n>

For example:

###### For myfile.txt file
zip document.zip myfile.txt

###### For multiple files
zip files.zip report.docx document.pdf data.txt

###### For multiple files with same extension (.csv, .pdf)
zip pdfs.zip *.pdf
zip textfiles.zip *.txt

###### For Documents folder
zip -r temp.zip Documents

###### For Books and Documents folders
zip -r folders.zip Books Documents

Unzip a zipped file 

unzip <zip-filename>

For example:

unzip document.zip

In case of error unzip command not found, run this:

sudo apt-get install unzip

tar.gz files or folders 

###### For a file
tar -czvf <output-file> <input-file>

###### For a folder
tar -czvf <output-file> <input-folder>

For example:

###### For myfile.csv file
tar -czvf file.tar.gz myfile.csv

###### For Work folder
tar -czvf work.tar.gz Work

Uncompress tar.gz files or folders 

tar -xvf <tar-gz-file>

For example:

tar -xvf work.tar.gz


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Abdullah Al Nahid


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