The tar command
If you find a file that has a .tar.gz or a .tgz extension, you can use the tar command to extract it:
tar -xvf file.tar.gz
To compress a directory:
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz directoryPath
If you find a file that has a .tar.gz or a .tgz extension, you can use the tar command to extract it:
tar -xvf file.tar.gz
To compress a directory:
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz directoryPath