You will learn how to create compressed files in Linux. In Windows, we are familiar with using zip files. Linux can use these, but it is not as common. Linux it is most common to use bzip2, gzip and gunzip for compression. Before we even get to compressing files, we must first learn how to create an archive of a file using the tar command (don't worry, this can also do the compression). We will also look at two other commands: cpio and dd. cpio is another way to create file archives. dd converts and copies files.
You should be able to create archives of files and directories. You should also be able to extract data from an archive.
Practice these CLI (commandline interface) Commands:
Original webpage by Petersen Gross, modified by William Albritton.