Commonly used compression commands

Linux folder packaging commands-common commands

.tar
unpacking: tar xvf FileName.tar
packing: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName
(Note: tar is packaging, not compression!)

.gz
decompression 1: gunzip FileName.gz
decompression 2: gzip -d FileName.gz
compression: gzip FileName
.tar.gz
decompression: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

.bz2
decompression 1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz2
decompression 2: bunzip2 FileName.bz2
compression: bzip2 -z FileName
.tar.bz2
decompression: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2
compression: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

.bz
decompression 1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz
decompression 2: bunzip2 FileName.bz
compression: unknown.
tar.bz
decompression: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz
compression: unknown

.Z
decompression: uncompress FileName.Z
compression: compress FileName
.tar.Z
decompression: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z
compression: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

.tgz
decompression: tar zxvf FileName.tgz
compression: unknown.
tar.tgz
decompression: tar zxvf FileName.tar.tgz
compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.tgz FileName

.zip
decompression: unzip FileName.zip
compression: zip FileName.zip DirName

.rarUnzip
: rar a FileName.rar
Compress: rar e FileName.rar