Often forget tar compression and decompression using the command, so write it down.
1. Compression Packaging
tar -zcvf pack.tar.gz pack / # packing compression to a compressed format .gz tar -jcvf pack.tar.bz2 pack / # .bz2 packaged compressed into a compressed format tar -Jcvf pack.tar.xz pack / # packaged compressed into a compressed format .xz
2. Unpack unpack
tar -zxvf pack.tar.gz / pack # .gz unpack decompressed compressed format to pack folder tar -jxvf pack.tar.bz2 / pack # unpack .bz2 format to extract the compressed package to pack folder tar - jxvf pack.tar.xz / pack # .xz unpack decompressed compressed format to pack folder