compress tar in linux code example
Example 1: how to tar
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-fileExample 2: archive tar
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/somethingtar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-filetar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something