Create tar.gz
How to create tar.gz file in Linux using command line
The procedure to create a tar.gz file on Linux is as follows:
Open the terminal application in Linux
Run tar command to create an archived named file.tar.gz for given directory name by running: tar -czvf file.tar.gz directory
Verify tar.gz file using the ls command and tar command
Let us see all commands and options in details.
Linux create tar.gz file with tar command
Say you want to create tar.gz file named projects.tar.gz for directory called $HOME/projects/:
ls -l $HOME/projects/
Sample outputs from the ls command:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 vivek vivek 4096 Oct 30 22:30 helloworld
drwxr-xr-x 4 vivek vivek 4096 Oct 30 13:16 myhellowebapp
The syntax for the tar command is as follows:
tar -czvf filename.tar.gz /path/to/dir1 tar -czvf filename.tar.gz /path/to/dir1 dir2 file1 file2 # Create a tar.gz file from all pdf (".pdf") files tar -czvf archive.tgz *.pdf
tar -czvf projects.tar.gz $HOME/projects/
Verification
Next verify newly created tar.gz file in Linux using the ls command:
ls -l projects.tar.gz
Example outputs:
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 59262 Nov 3 11:08 projects.tar.gz
One can list the contents of a tar or tar.gz file using the tar command:
tar -ztvf projects.tar.gz
How to extract a tar.gz compressed archive on Linux
The syntax is follows to extract tar.gz file on Linux operating system:
tar -xvf file.tar.gz tar -xzvf file.tar.gz tar -xzvf projects.tar.gz
The syntax is follows to extract tar.gz file on Linux operating system:
tar -xzvf projects.tar.gz -C /tmp/
Sample outputs:
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/db.sqlite3
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/manage.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/models.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/admin.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/__init__.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/tests.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/static/
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/static/css/
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp.working/collection/static/css/style.css
...
..
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home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp/hellowebapp/__pycache__/urls.cpython-36.pyc
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp/hellowebapp/wsgi.py
home/vivek/projects/myhellowebapp/hellowebapp/hellowebapp/settings.py
home/vivek/projects/helloworld/
Understanding tar command options
| tar command option | Description |
| -c | Create a new archive |
| -x | Extract files from an archive |
| -t | List the contents of an archive |
| -v | Verbose output |
| -f file.tar.gz | Use archive file |
| -C DIR | Change to DIR before performing any operations |
| -z | Filter the archive through gzip i.e. compress or decompress archive |
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