Tar.gz
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To extract a .tar.gz file use the following command.
tar xvzf file
To create a .tar.gz file use the following command.
tar cvzf filename.tar.gz source
Switches
-c create a new archive -x extract files from an archive -v verbosely list files processed -f use archive file or device ARCHIVE -z filter the archive through gzip