Compress a directory
Create a .tar.gz archive from a directory.
tar -czvf archive_name.tar.gz /path/to/directory
-c: Create archive-z: Compress with gzip-v: Verbose output-f: Filename of the archive
Extract an archive
Extract to the current directory.
tar -xzvf archive_name.tar.gz
-x: Extract archive
List contents
See what's inside without extracting.
tar -tzvf archive_name.tar.gz
Extract to specific folder
tar -xzvf archive_name.tar.gz -C /target/directory