tar compress file 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: uncompress tar

tar -xvf filename.tar

Example 4: how to zip with tar command

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something

Example 5: tar compress

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