How to pack and unpack stuff.md

How to pack and unpack stuff

tar

Make a tarball:

$ tar -cf stuff.tar stuff-files-* stuff-folder/

Extract a tarball:

$ tar -xf stuff.tar

tar.gz

Pack with gzip:

$ tar -czf stuff.tar.gz stuff-files-* stuff-folder/

Extract gzipped stuff:

$ tar -xzf archiv.tar.gz

tar.bz

Pack with bz2:

$ tar -cjf stuff.tar.gz stuff-files-* stuff-folder/

Extract bz2 stuff:

$ tar -xjf stuff.tar.gz

zip

Create zip archive:

$ zip stuff.zip stuff-files-* stuff-folder/

Extract zip file:

$ unzip archiv.zip