Compress | Decompress | Linux
Zip
The -r option is used to recursively zip files. This option will compress all the files present within a folder. An example of such command is as shown below:
zip –r sampleZipFile.zip MyDirectory
Exclude Files in a Zip (Here ExampleFile.txt will not be added to the sampleZipFile.zip.)
zip -x sampleZipFile.zip ExampleFile.txt
Zip with Password
zip -re OUTPUT_FILE.zip FOLDER
Unzip to a Different Directory
unzip sampleZipFile.zip -d /usr/sampleZip/ExampleDir
Use Linux Unzip with Multiple Zip Files
unzip ‘*.zip’
Suppress Output When Using Unzip in Linux (In case you want to suppress these messages, then you can use the -q option. The command would be as shown below:)
unzip -q sampleZipFile.zip
Exclude Files Using Unzip in Linux
unzip sampleZipFile.zip -x excludedFile.txt
unzip sampleZipFile.zip -x "*.png/*"
Using Unzip in Linux with Password Protected Files
unzip -P Password sampleZipFile.zip
Overriding Zip Files
[y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename
You can override these files by using the -o options
unzip -o sampleZipFile.zip
Using Linux Unzip Without Overwriting Files
unzip -n sampleZipFile.zip
How to List the Content of a Zip in Linux
unzip -l sampleZipFile.zip
Tar
Options
Options:
-c : Creates Archive
-x : Extract the archive
-f : creates archive with given filename
-t : displays or lists files in archived file
-u : archives and adds to an existing archive file
-v : Displays Verbose Information
-A : Concatenates the archive files
-z : zip, tells tar command that creates tar file using gzip
-j : filter archive tar file using tbzip
-W : Verify a archive file
-r : update or add file or directory in already existed .tar file
This command creates a tar file called file.tar which is the Archive of all .c files in current directory.
tar cvf file.tar *.c
gzip compression on the tar Archive, using option -z
tar cvzf file.tar.gz *.c
Extracting files from Archive using option -xvf : This command extracts files from Archives.
tar xvf file.tar
Extracting a gzip tar Archive *.tar.gz using option -xvzf
tar xvzf file.tar.gz
Creating compressed tar archive file in Linux using option -j : This command compresses and creates archive file less than the size of the gzip. Both compress and decompress takes more time then gzip.
tar cvfj file.tar.tbz example.cpp
Untar single tar file or specified directory in Linux
tar xvfj file.tar -C path of file in directory
Untar multiple .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.tbz file in Linux : This command will extract or untar multiple files from the tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 archive file. For example the above command will extract “fileA” “fileB” from the archive files.
tar xvf file.tar "fileA" "fileB"
or
tar zxvf file1.tar.gz "fileA" "fileB"
or
tar jxvf file2.tar.tbz "fileA" "fileB"
Check size of existing tar, tar.gz, tar.tbz file in Linux : The above command will display the size of archive file in Kilobytes(KB).
tar czf file.tar | wc -c
Update existing tar file in Linux
tar rvf file.tar *.c
list the contents and specify the tarfile using option -tf
tar tf file.tar
Applying pipe to through ‘grep command’ to find what we are looking for
tar tvf file.tar | grep "text to find"
Viewing the Archive using option -tvf
tar tvf file.tar
To search for an image in .png format
tar tvf file.tar --wildcards '*.png'
Zst - sudo apt install zstd
The extention .zst means that the archive is compressed by zstd.
tar --use-compress-program=unzstd -xvf archive.tar.zst
tar -I zstd -xvf archive.tar.zst
unzstd yourfilename.zst
Simple
zstd file.txt
Decompress
zstd -d file.txt.zst
unzstd file.txt.zst
If you want to compress a directory, or combine multiple files into a single archive, you’ll need to use tar to create an archive and then compress it with zstd. You’ll need to add the --zstd option, along with any other flags you choose.
tar --zstd -cf archive.tar.zst /home/linuxnightly
Alternatively, we could use the a option with the tar command, which will choose the correct compression method based on the file extension (zst in this case) specified.
tar acf archive.tar.zst /home/linuxnightly
Use the following tar command to open a Zstandard tarball.
tar --zstd -xf archive.tar.zst
Alternatively, the a option can save us a few keystrokes again.
tar axf archive.tar.zst
More here
https://linuxnightly.com/how-to-use-zstandard-compression-on-linux-with-commands/
Gunzip Gzip
To Decompress A File Using The "gunzip" Command:
gunzip myfilename.gz
Force A File To Decompress:
gunzip -f myfilename.gz
To keep both the compressed and decompressed file:
gunzip -k myfile.gz
To display compressed output:
nzip -l myfile.gz
Decompressing Lots Of Files Recursively:
gunzip -r /tmp/
