Compress - Uncompress a whole linux folder from command line

COMPRESS tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name Where: -z: Compress archive using gzip program -c: Create archive -v: Verbose i.e display progress while creating archive -f: Archive File name DECOMPRESS tar -zxvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name Where: -z: Compress archive using gzip program -x: Extract files -v: Verbose i.e display progress while creating archive -f: Archive File name