tar.gz compress 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: tar gz linux command

tar -czvf projects.tar.gz projects/

Example 3: extract tar.gz linux command line

tar xvzf file.tar.gz

Example 4: archive tar

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