Last updated on December 12th, 2019 at 03:28 pm
If you are working on Linux server you always need command to create a tar.gz file or unzip the tar.gz file to zip unzip project on your server or to take a backup of your file. So here a simple command you can use to create a tar.gz files in the server using the command line.
Creating a tar.gz file in Linux command line.
Here is a simple procedure to create a tar file in Linux.
- Open the terminal application in Linux
- Run tar command to create an archived named file.tar.gz for given directory name by running: tar -czvf file.tar.gz /path_of_directory
- Verify tar.gz file using the ls command and tar command
tar -czvf zip_name.tar.gz /path
Unzip the tar.gz file in Linux command line.
Now if you want to extract tar.gz file in your server run below command
tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
or if you want to extract an archive instead of creating one.
You may want to extract the contents of the archive to a specific directory. You can do so by appending the -C switch to the end of the command. For example, the following command will extract the contents of the archive.tar.gz file to the /temp directory.
tar -xzvf file.tar.gz -C /temp
Understanding tar command options
| tar command option | Description |
|---|---|
| -c | Create a new archive |
| -x | Extract files from an archive |
| -t | List the contents of an archive |
| -v | Verbose output |
| -f file.tar.gz | Use archive file |
| -C DIR | Change to DIR before performing any operations |
| -z | Filter the archive through gzip i.e. compress or decompress archive |
Hope this tip helps you.