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
Abdullah Al Nahid | Sciencx (2021-09-14T09:25:12+00:00) Linux commands to compress and decompress files and directories. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/09/14/linux-commands-to-compress-and-decompress-files-and-directories/
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