This article covers how to Tar Untar and Zip Files.
These commands can be run from within SSH to tar or untar a tarball file. These files are typically used in packaged backups or a directory that has been compressed.
Tar
These commands will compress the selected directory into a tarball file, which will be located within the original directory.
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To compress a directory into a tar file (.tar):
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tar -xvf FILENAME.tar DIRECTORY
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To compress a directory into a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz):
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tar -czvf FILE.tar.gz DIRECTORY/
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To compress a directory into a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2):
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tar -jxvf FILE.tar.bz2 DIRECTORY/
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Untar
These commands will extract the tarball file into the current directory it is located in.
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To uncompress a tar file (.tar):
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tar xvf FILE.tar
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To uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz):
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tar xvzf FILE.tar.gz
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To uncompress a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2):
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tar xvjf FILE.tar.bz2[/code]
Zip and Unzip
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To compress the selected directory into a zip file, which will be located within the original directory:
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zip -r fFILE.zip DIRECTORY
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To extract the selected zip file, which will be uncompressed into the directory the zip is located in:
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unzip FILE.zip
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Additional Notes
If you wish to extract the tarball file to a specific directory, adding the following to the end of the command will extract it to the specified location:
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-C /DIRECTORY/
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