Get to know Linux: File compression
How many times have you come across a .tar, .tgz, or .bz2 file in Linux and had no idea what to do with it? Or what it was? Most users of computers know what the .zip file is. Simple, it's a compressed file. And to uncompress you generally double click it or right click and select Extract. Most people recognize that from the world of Windows. But did you know that file compression/decompression is just as easy in the world of Linux? It is. The only problem is that most don't recognize what files are, in fact, compressed files, archives, or compressed archives.
In this article I am going to de-mystify Linux file compression and archiving for you. By the end of the article you'll be compressing and decompressing files in your sleep. And, as a bonus, you'll know how to do this both via command line and GUI.
How many times have you come across a .tar, .tgz, or .bz2 file in Linux and had no idea what to do with it? Or what it was? Most users of computers know what the .zip file is. Simple, it's a compressed file. And to uncompress you generally double click it or right click and select Extract. Most people recognize that from the world of Windows. But did you know that file compression/decompression is just as easy in the world of Linux? It is. The only problem is that most don't recognize what files are, in fact, compressed files, archives, or compressed archives.
In this article I am going to de-mystify Linux file compression and archiving for you. By the end of the article you'll be compressing and decompressing files in your sleep. And, as a bonus, you'll know how to do this both via command line and GUI.
