Linux Commands 10

Compress and archive

　　$zip file.zip file1 file2 zip file1 and file2 into file.zip

　　$unzip file.zip unzip file.zip

　　$gzip -c filename > file.gz compress the file filename to file.gz

　　$ gunzip file.gz to unzip the file.gz file

　　$tar -cf file.tar file1 file2 creates a tar archive   

　　$tar -zcvf file.tar file1 file2 Create a tar archive and compress it   

　　$tar -xf file.tar Free tar archive   

　　$tar -zxf file.tar.gz unpack and free the tar archive

Print

　　$lpr filename print file

　　$lpstat shows the status of all printers