Linux compression & decompression

tar command to
　　unpack: tar zxvf FileName.tar
　　compression: tar czvf FileName.tar DirName

 

gz command
　　extracting 1: gunzip FileName.gz
　　extracting 2: gzip -d FileName.gz
　　compression: the gzip FileName
　　.tar.gz .tgz and
　　decompression: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
　　compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName
       compressed multichannel file: tar zcvf fileName.tar.gz Name1 Name2 Name3 

 

zip command
　　unpack: unzip FileName.zip
　　compression: zip -r FileName.zip DirName