Tar command in aix

SyntaxDescriptionExample(s)gzip {filename}Gzip compress the size of the given files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).

Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension .gz.gzip mydata.doc
gzip *.jpg
ls -lbzip2 {filename}bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding.

Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by bzip command (LZ77/LZ78-based compressors). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension .bz2.bzip2 mydata.doc
bzip2 *.jpg
ls -lzip {.zip-filename} {filename-to-compress}zip is a compression and file packaging utility for Unix/Linux.

Tar command in aix with example

Each file is stored in single .zip {.zip-filename} file with the extension .zip.zip mydata.zip mydata.doc
zip data.zip *.doc
ls -ltar -zcvf {.tgz-file} {files}
tar -jcvf {.tbz2-file} {files}The GNU tar is archiving utility but it can be use to compressing large file(s).

GNU tar supports both archive compressing through gzip and bzip2. If you have more than 2 files then it is re

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