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tar gz compress extract

# 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 ...]

extract tar gz overwrite

# tar -xvf command will overwrite the files. Suppose if you use “-k” then it will keep your old files.
tar -xvf --overwrite archive.tar.gz

tar extract 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

extract tar gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz