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Taring and Zipping

Untar a file
tar -xvf {filename}

UnZip a file
gunzip (filename}


create a tar file
tar -cvf {filename.tar} {files_to_compress_into_filename*}

create a tar file with the same permissions as the original
tar -cvfp {filename.tar} {files_to_compress_into_filename*}


zip up file
gzip -v {filename}

create a ziped up tar file.
tar -cvzf {filename.tar.gz} {files_to_compress_into_filename*}



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