how to compress using the linux cli code example
Example 1: how to zip with tar command
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something
Example 2: command to compress folder linux
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file