SHELL

tar gz

# compress
tar -czvf projects.tar.gz projects/
# extract
tar -xzvf projects.tar.gz

-c, --create
      create a new archive
-x, --extract, --get
      extract files from an archive
-z, --gzip, --gunzip --ungzip
-v, --verbose
      verbosely list files processed
-f, --file ARCHIVE
      use archive file or device ARCHIVE

tar [-] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d --diff --compare | --delete | r --append | t --list |
    --test-label | u --update | x --extract --get [options] [pathname ...]

linux tar gz

# compress
tar czvf < archive_name >.tar.gz < path >
# extract
tar xzvf < archive_name >.tar.gz
tar xzvf < archive_name >.tar.gz  -C /home/usera/tmp

Creating tar.gz

tar cfz <Required tarball name> <File names>

tar.gz

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz

make tar.gz

tar -czvf projects.tar.gz $HOME/projects/

Linux tar.gz

tar -xzf archive-name.tar.gz
cd archive-name
./configure
make
sudo make install