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14) "gzip" & "tar"

The gzip command is to compress files to make them smaller in size without losing information.     Tar is used to gather up files and directories into one file so that a copy of the files and directories can be taken elsewhere and recreated.

  1. "gzip" Command
  2. Compressing Files
  3. Uncompressing Files
  4. Checking How Much Compression
  5. "tar" Command
  6. Using "tar" With Wildcards
  7. Creating "tar" Files
  8. Checking "tar" File Extraction
  9. Using "tar" To Gather Up An Account