How to create tar.gz file in Linux using command line

tar.md

create tar.gz file in Linux

tar -czvf file.tar.gz directory

Verification

$ tar -ztvf projects.tar.gz

extract a tar.gz compressed archive on Linux

$ tar -xvf file.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf projects.tar.gz

Getting help

$ tar --help

tar command options

-c Create a new archive

-x Extract files from an archive

-t List the contents of an archive

-v Verbose output

-f file.tar.gz Use archive file

-C DIR Change to DIR before performing any operations

-z Filter the archive through gzip i.e. compress or decompress archive