Linux Archives & Compression
Linux archive commands — tar, gzip, zip, unzip, and more. Compress and extract files and archives. This category documents 14 Linux archives & compression entries, and each page gives you the full syntax, the most useful options, a practical example you can paste into a terminal, and a difficulty rating. The entries are: tar, gzip, gunzip, zip, unzip, xz, zcat, bunzip2, bzip2, lz4, zstd, 7z, rar, unrar. Not sure where to start? tar and gzip are the most commonly used commands in this category. The archives & compression category is one of 15 categories in the Linux Reference, which covers 304+ commands and concepts in total. You can also search across every category from the search page, scan the cheat sheet, discover something new on the random command page, or read long-form tutorials on the blog.