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Command Line Basics: Compression and Archiving

Addison Berry
by Addison Berry
October 28, 2009

This command line video covers the three most common commands for compressing and archiving files, including how to get them back out again. Most commonly you first hit the need for these when you download a file and need to get it uncompressed. We'll cover the following commands:

  • zip
  • unzip
  • gzip
  • gunzip
  • tar

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Comments

Thanks addi! I'm a n00b and

On November 4th, 2009 j03 (not verified) said:

Thanks addi! I'm a n00b and needed this!

Come-on!

On November 11th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) said:

Was I really going to listen such a "basic" tutorial? Oh God! I am embarrassed at how much I learned... Very good and to-the-point-tutorial!

Useful commands

On November 21st, 2009 Kerberos (not verified) said:

Thanks; interesting and useful screencast! There's definitely a need for a simple to understand guide to command line administration. I started to put together a list of useful commands for my own use...

-Kerberos