Linux: Tar - create / extract .tar.gz compressed archive files

How to use tar to create compressed `.tar.gz` archive files.

tar –cvzf example.tar.gz <...file list>

c: create / add-to archive
v: verbose messages
z: compress / zip
f: use this archive file

How to use tar to extract archived files from a `.tar.gz` zip file.

tar –xvzf example.tar.gz

x: extract files from archive
v: verbose messages
z: compress / zip
f: use this archive file

How to use tar to extract archived files from a `.tar.bz2` zip file.

tar –xvjf example.tar.gz

x: extract files from archive
v: verbose messages
j: use bz2 compression format
f: use this archive file

For more information, see tar commandline options.

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