File archiving
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The following commands and utilities are commonly used in Linxu for file archival, including file compression (zip), file packaging (tar), and extracting files (unzip).
Contents
1 File archival
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| bzip2, bunzip2 | Creating or extracting files with .bz2 extension. |
| gzip | Zipping and unzipping utility |
| gzip, gunzip | Creating or extracting zipped files |
| rar | Creating or extracting files with .rar extension. |
| rpm | Creating or extracting files with .rpm extension. |
| rsync -a /home /backups/ | Synchronize /home to /backups/home |
| rsync -avz /home server:/backups/ | Synchronize files/directories between the local and remote system with compression enabled |
| tar | Utility for archiving or compressing files, or extracting files (derived from ‘tape archive’) |
| more | Check whether a tar archive starts with a directory |
| uncompress file.Z | Uncompress a compress .Z or .tar.Z file |
| unzip -l file.zip | Display the content of zip archive file |
| uuencode, uudecode | Creating or extracting files with .Z extension. |
| zcat file | View zipped files |
| zcat *.Z | tar -xvf - | Uncompress and extract a .tar.Z file |
| zip, unzip -v | Create or extract files in zip format |
2 Compressing / archiving files or directories
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| tar -cf archive.tar dir | Create tar named archive.tar containing contents of a directory |
| tar -cf file.tar files | Create a tar archive from specified files |
| tar -cjf archive.tar.bz2 dir | Create a tar file with bzip2 compression |
| tar -cvf | Compress file(s) as a tar archive (with verbose output) |
| tar -czf compressed_file.tar.gz | Compress files as gzip archive |
| tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /dir –exlcude=*.txt | Compress a directory but exclude a file or filetype |
| tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /dir –exlcude=/dir/subdir | Compress a directory but exclude a subdirectory |
| tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /dir OR file | Compress a file or directory into an archive |
| tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /dir1 /dir2 | Compress two or more directories into an archive |
| tar -rvf file.tar file2.txt | Add a file to a tar file |
| zip -d file.zip file4.txt | Delete a file from a zip file |
| zip -u file.zip file4.txt | Add a file to a zip file |
| zip file.zip file | Compress a single file to a zip |
| zip file.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt | Compress multiple files to a zip |
3 Extracting files
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| gzip -d file.gz | Unzip file.gz |
| gzip file | Zip file to a compressed file with the gz extension, file.gz |
| tar -xf archive.tar | Extract the contents from an archive |
| tar -xjf archive.tar.bz2 | Extract a bzip2 compressed tar file. |
| tar -xvf | Extract a tar archive |
| tar -xvf file.tar | Uncompress a tar file |
| tar -xvf file.tar file1.txt | Untar a single file from a tar file |
| tar -xvfj file.tar.bz2 | Extract a bzip2 file |
| tar -xvfz file.tar.gz | Extract files and directories from a gzipped tar file |
| tar -xzf archive.tar.gz | Extract a gzip compressed tar file. |
| tar -xzf my_archive.tar.gz | Extract a compressed tar file inside a gzip archive |
| tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz -C / dir | Unzip a file to a specific directory |
| tar -zxvf file.tar.gq | Unzip and extract a tar archive |
| unzip file.zip | Unzip a file |
| unzip file.zip -d dir | Unzip a file to a specific directory |
4 File archive flags
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| c | create archive |
| f | specify filename |
| j | bzip2 compression |
| k | do not overwrite |
| t | table of contents |
| t | table of contents of archive |
| v | verbose |
| w | ask for confirmation |
| x | extract |
| z | use zip/gzip |
