Compression

Tar archives

  • tar -cf file.tar dir/ -archive using tar, extract tar -xvf file.tar
  • sudo tar -czf file.tar.gz dir/ gzip dir

Gzip

  • gzip file - compress file
  • tar -c Documents/ | pigz > Documents.tar.gz - compress using pigz (parallel gzip)
  • gunzip archive.gz

Zip archives

  • unzip -x <file.zip> -d <destination_dir> - unzip
  • zip -r {filename.zip} {foldername} -zip
  • zip -r assignment3 assignment3 -x assignment3/images/** -x assignment3/instructions.pdf - exclude
  • unzip -l assignment3.zip - list

7zip archives

  • 7z x <file.7z> - unzip

If you are super lazy

  • binwalk -e -M <file.zip> - tries different extraction methods and recursively uznips