tar.gz linux command code example

Example 1: create tar gz file from directory

tar -czf tarball.tar.gz my_directory/

Example 2: untar tar.gz

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Example 3: tar.gz terminal

tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz

Example 4: tar gz linux command

tar -czvf projects.tar.gz projects/

Example 5: extract tar.gz linux command line

tar xvzf file.tar.gz