[Shell: file compression and archiving] #tar #gzip #sh #bzip #xz #zip

zipper.sh

##### tar (ARCHIVING) #####
# -z: gzip
# -j: bzip2
# -J: xz
# if compression method is missing, tar tries to guess compression method (from extension)
# -c: create
# -x: extract
# -v: verbose (list each file)
# -f: archive file name
# -r: append to unzipped archive
# -t: list archive contents
# -C: change the directory before adding the following files or before extracting the archive
tar -zcvf <file.tar.gz> <file-1> <file-2> <dir-3> 
tar -jcvf <file.tar.gz> <file-1> <file-2> <dir-3>
tar -zxvf <file.tar.gz> # extract to current directory
tar -zxvf <file.tar.gz> -C <dir> # extract to dir
tar -jxvf <file.tar.bz2> <file-1> <dir-2> # extract just file-1 and dir-2 from bzip2 archive

##### bzip2/bunzip2 (COMPRESSION) #####
# -d: decompress
# -k: keep uncompressed input files also
# -v: verbose (show stats for each compressed file)
# -#: compression level (1-9)
bzip <file-1> <dir-2> # compress each file individually

##### gzip/gunzip (COMPRESSION) #####
# -k: keep uncompressed input files also
# -d: decompress
# -l: compression stats
# -r: recursive
# -v: verbose (show stats for each compressed file)
# -#: compression level (1-9)
gzip -r <dir-1> <file-2> # compresses each file individually

##### zip/unzip (ARCHIVING & COMPRESSION) #####
# -r: recursive
# -g: grow/append to an already zipped file 
# -d: delete file from archive
# -l: list archive files
zip <zip-file> <file-1> <file-2> <dir-3>
zip -r <zip-file> <file-1> <dir-2>
unzip <zip-file> <file-1> <dir-2> # extract just file-1 and dir-2 from zip archive

##### xz/unxz (COMPRESSION) #####
# -k: keep uncompressed input files also
# -d: decompress
xz -d <xz-file>

#### MANUAL PIPING #####
tar -cvf - <file-1> <file-2> <dir-3> | gzip > archive.tar.gz # manual