tar gz folder linux code example

Example 1: gzip folder with tar

# gzip my-folder-name
#
# flags:
# 	z = filter the archive through gzip
# 	c = create a new archive
# 	v = verbosely list files processed
# 	f = use archive file or device ARCHIVE
#
# Example:
tar -zcvf my-filename.tar.gz my-folder-name

Example 2: create tar gz file from directory

tar -czf tarball.tar.gz my_directory/

Example 3: linux tar zip folder

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

Example 4: compress folder in tar.gz unix

#Compress a folder in tar.gz format
tar -zcvf final_archive.tar.gz folder_to_compress/

#Multicore compression using pigz (can be installed with: conda install -c anaconda pigz)
tar cf - ./folder_to_compress/ | pigz -9 -p NPROC > final_archive.tar.gz

Example 5: how to put directory in archive bash

tar cf ostechnix.tar ostechnix/
# Here, c flag refers create new archive and f refers the file name.