compress folder to "tgz" linux code example

Example 1: how to zip with tar command

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

Example 2: how to zip with tar command

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff

Example 3: how to tar

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