Example command of compressing a file/folder in linux

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Example command of compressing a file/folder in linux

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tar -czvf logs_archive.tar.gz *

Let's break down this command and look into each flag.

# -c is creating and archive.

# -z is using gzip compression.

# -v is providing details of the files that have been archived.

# -f is creating an archive with the name 'logs_archive.tar.gz' as supplied in the command above.

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