/work/
Tar
unpacking: tar zxvf work.tar
Compression: tar czvf work.tar work
gz command
Decompression 1: gunzip work.gz
Decompression 2: gzip -d work.gz
Compression: gzip work
tar.gz command
decompression: tar zxvf work.tar .gz
compression: tar zcvf work.tar.gz work
compresses multiple files: tar zcvf work.tar.gz aa bb cc ....
bz2 command
Decompression 1: bzip2 -d work.bz2
Decompression 2: bunzip2 work.bz2
compression : bzip2 -z work
tar.bz2
decompression: tar jxvf work.tar.bz2
compression: tar jcvf work.tar.bz2 dirname
bz command
Decompression 1: bzip2 -d work.bz
decompression 2: bunzip2 work.bz
tar.bz command
decompression : tar jxvf work.tar.bz
z command
Decompression: uncompress work.z
Compression: compress work
tar.z command
Decompression: tar zxvf work.tar.z
Compression: tar zcvfwork.tar.z work
zip command
Decompression: unzip work.zip
Compression: zip work.zip work