Revision as of 14:22, 16 December 2011

Here are the most practical commands to pack and unpack files in a console:

Unpacking

unrar x filename.rar

unzip filename.zip

bunzip2 filename.bz2

tar xvf filename.tar

tar xvzf filename.tar.gz

tar cvzf targetfile.tar.gz /sourcedir

tar cvf targetfile.tar /sourcedir

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   [[unzip]] filename.zip
-  [[bunzip2]] filename.bz2
+  bunzip2 filename.bz2
   [[tar]] xvf filename.tar