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The *.tar is a popular archive format used to compress files in Linux and Unix operating systems. The tar format is used with different compression algorithms like gz, bz2, etc. The most important function of the tar format is the ability to store multiple files and directories as a single file where it can be … Read more
Linux tar command is used to create archives for data, files, and folders. The tar command name comes from tape archive . One of the most useful features of the tar command is compressing multiple files and folders into a single file which can be easily compressed with different tools like gz, bz, 7z etc. … Read more
The zip compressions are one of the most popular compression formats and algorithms. Even its name has used the term as compression and generally called zipping or unzipping. The zip files can be extracted by unzipping them. Even there are different tools the unzip command is the most popular and regular way to unzip a … Read more
The *.tar.gz is a very old and popular compression and file format used to store multiple files and directories in a single compressed file. The tar.gz file consists of two types of files where the first format is the tar format. The tar format is used to put multiple files and folders into a single … Read more
Zip is a compression algorithm and format used to package given files and folders to use less disk space. The zip files have generally the *.zip extension and different tools that can be used to create, add, remove or extract zip files. But the most prolific tool and command is the zip command in Linux … Read more