using tar code example
Example 1: how to zip with tar command
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff
Example 2: how to tar a file
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file