Compressed in GZIP format, GZIP format decompression

GZIP is the most commonly used compression method for files on Linux.
It is usually used to reduce the size of a file by compressing it into a single (archived) file using the tar command.

●Compression of tar files

1.Archive temp directory to temp.tar file

[root@Lion ~]# tar cvf temp.tar temp
temp/
temp/test_txt
temp/test_txt2
temp/test_dir/
temp/test_dir2/
temp/list.txt
temp/list.txt~
temp/list2.txt

[root@Lion ~]# ls -l temp.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10240 Jun 30 19:48 temp.tar

2.Compress the temp.tar file in GZIP format
[root@Lion ~]# gzip temp.tar
[root@Lion ~]# ls -l temp.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 432 Jun 30 19:48 temp.tar.gz

●Decompress files compressed in GZIP format

Decompress and undo a file that has been compressed in GZIP format. To undo, use the gunzip command.

Unzip the temp.tar.gz file
[root@Lion ~]# gunzip temp.tar.gz
[root@Lion ~]# ls -l temp.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204258 Sep 8 2007 temp.tar

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