gz linux command line code example

Example 1: create tar gz file from directory

tar -czf tarball.tar.gz my_directory/

Example 2: gzip file

gzip [OPTION]... [FILE]...
gzip file.exe		#To compress a file
gzip -d file.exe.gz 	#To decompress file

Example 3: create gz in ubuntu

gzip -9  yourName_db.sql