Commands for Compression/decompression and Packing/unpacking

.tar.gz / .tgz
decompression: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

 

.tar.bz2
decompression : tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2 / tar –bzip xvf FileName.tar.bz2
compression: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

 

.tar
unpacking: tar xvf FileName.tar
packing: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName

.gz
decompression 1: gunzip FileName.gz
decompression 2: gzip -d FileName.gz
compression: gzip FileName

 

.bz2
decompression 1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz2
decompression 2: bunzip2 FileName.bz2
compression: bzip2 -z FileName

 

.bz
decompression 1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz
decompression 2: bunzip2 FileName.bz

.tar.bz
decompression: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

.Z
decompression: uncompress FileName.Z
compression: compress FileName

.tar.Z
decompression: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z
compression: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

.zip
decompression: unzip FileName.zip
compression: zip FileName.zip DirName
e.g. $ zip -r FileName.zip DirName