File Archiving & Compression

Command	Description	Example
tar -cvf [archive.tar] [files]	Create a tar archive.	tar -cvf archive.tar file1.txt file2.txt → Creates a tar archive of file1.txt and file2.txt.
tar -xvf [archive.tar]	Extract files from a tar archive.	tar -xvf archive.tar → Extracts all files from archive.tar.
tar -czvf [archive.tar.gz] [files]	Create a compressed tar archive using gzip.	tar -czvf archive.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt → Creates a compressed tar.gz archive.
tar -xzvf [archive.tar.gz]	Extract files from a compressed tar archive (gzip).	tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz → Extracts files from archive.tar.gz.
zip [archive.zip] [files]	Create a zip archive.	zip archive.zip file1.txt file2.txt → Creates a zip archive.
unzip [archive.zip]	Extract files from a zip archive.	unzip archive.zip → Extracts all files from archive.zip.
gzip [file]	Compress a file using gzip.	gzip file.txt → Compresses file.txt into file.txt.gz.
gunzip [file.gz]	Decompress a file using gzip.	gunzip file.txt.gz → Decompresses file.txt.gz.
bzip2 [file]	Compress a file using bzip2.	bzip2 file.txt → Compresses file.txt into file.txt.bz2.
bunzip2 [file.bz2]	Decompress a file using bzip2.	bunzip2 file.txt.bz2 → Decompresses file.txt.bz2.