Create and extract a .tar.gz archive using command line
To create a tar.gz archive from a given folder you can use the following command
tar -zcvf tar-archive-name.tar.gz source-folder-name
This will compress the contents of source-folder-name to a tar.gz archive named tar-archive-name.tar.gz
To extract a tar.gz compressed archive you can use the following command
tar -zxvf tar-archive-name.tar.gz
This will extract the archive to the folder tar-archive-name.
To Preserve permissions
tar -pcvzf tar-archive-name.tar.gz source-folder-name
Switch the ‘c’ flag to an ‘x’ to extract (uncompress).
tar -pxvzf tar-archive-name.tar.gz
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it doesnt work extract. i tried many ways n pasted that. linux sucks !
Linux does not suck. You should learn how to use it. Just because there is a learning curve does not mean it sucks. If you don’t want to learn then go back to your windows and stop leaving rude comments on Linux blogs.
Thank you Brett! @linusucks “apt-get install unzip” if you don’t have patience. The day you install Windows, your hardware depreciates at least 50% IMHO!