Compress: tar -cv$f name-of-archive.tar.$$ /path/to/directory-or-file
Extract: tar -xv$f name-of-archive.tar.$$ /path/to/directory-or-file
- c: Create an archive;
- x: Extract from archive;
e.g: tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file