Ubuntu Command Line - Creating & Extracting Tarballs In from the Command Line
Creating & Extracting Tarballs In Ubuntu From the Command Line
Tutorial on how to create & extract archives or tarballs from the command line in Ubuntu
To create a tarball or archive you type:
tar -cvf photos.tar photos
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MEANING OF OPTIONS
c=create, v=verbose, f=file information r= append, x=extract
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tar -rvf photos.tar – this is for appending the tarball
tar -xvf photos.tar – will extract the tarball
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If you see a file with the .tar.gz extension then you can just add the -z flag
Ex. tar -xzvf photos.tar.gz – will extract the tarball
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To zip and compress a single file use the gzip command
gzip (filename)
To unzip a single file use the gunzip command
gunzip (filename)
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**REMEMBER THE UBUNTU COMMAND LINE IS CASE SENSITIVE**
Additional commands used in video:
mv = move file
cp = copy file