how to tar.gz a file code example

Example 1: how to tar linux

tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/dir/

Example 2: how to tar a file

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 3: tar.gz terminal

tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz

Example 4: tar.gz files

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 5: create gz in ubuntu

gzip -9  yourName_db.sql