Tar and untar of folder

March 22, 2017

Run from the (Bash) command line to compress or uncompress a folder. 

Tar (zip) folder: 

tar -zcvf name.tar.gz foldername

Untar (unzip) folder:

tar -zxvf name.tar.gz
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