Tar Command (zip alternative)

Feb 25, 2024

This is another helpful command in our SysAdmin toolbox.

We can use tar as an alternative to the zip command in Linux.

tar -czvf compressed.tar.gz folder-to-compress/

• -c: Create a new archive.
• -z: Filter the archive through gzip for compression.
• -v: Verbosely list files processed.
• -f: Use the following filename for the archive.

This is very useful to create backups using SSH.

Extract §

tar -xfv compressed.tar.gz

• -x: extract
• -v: Verbosely list files processed.
• -f: filename