How to Archive Folders in Linux (tar and gzip tutorial) - Linux Crash Course Series

In the Linux Crash Course series, we'll go over one important foundational Linux topic each episode. This series includes tutorials, demonstrations, and more! In this episode, Jay will go over the basics of archiving folders on Linux systems. More specifically, examples of the tar and gzip commands are shown.

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00:00 - Intro
01:01 - Spin up your very own Linux-based cloud server with Linode (sponsor)
02:22 - Creating a copy of the /etc (used in the examples)
04:38 - The tar command
05:17 - Basic usage of the tar command
08:36 - Viewing the contents of a tar file
10:53 - Viewing the contents of a tar file (in verbose mode)
13:41 - How to extract a tar file
15:46 - The gzip command
16:42 - Basic usage of the gzip command
18:10 - Uncompressing a gzip file with the gunzip command
20.04 - Combining tar and gzip to create a compressed archive
22:58 - Viewing the contents of a gzipped tar file
23:33 - Extracting a gzipped tar file*🎓 FULL LINUX COURSES FROM LEARN LINUX TV*

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[ЮрийР-йп]

The best basic tutorial on tar and gzip tools I've ever found. Others just explain options approximately like this - "well these -cvf or whatever options are needed so everything is ok". Again, thank you for clarifying this.

[WCC]

You never disappoint Jay. I must always have gedit open when I hit play on your videos, even if I already know about whatever it is, you always manage to ninja in something I didn't know.🤣
WHat you didnt cover and I would consider important is "--exclude=" and the "--exclude" file list....I can never remember where to put this at...good thing I have a .txt cheat sheet.

[act..]

I would consider myself an expert with compressed files in Windows, but a complete noob in Linux. I really needed this and it was awesome. Thank you so much.

[vb]

Thank you for the video. I had actually gone through the entire part.
In my mind, archiving and compressing are the same operations on file just synonymous. But after the video I realized archiving and compressing are different operations. And we use it together that is, tar for archiving and this archived file will be compressed by gzip.

[andydroid]

One of the best YouTube channels to learn about Linux.

[hoid]

Thank you for explaining what each of the flags mean in commands. So many Linux tutorials don't do that, and it drives me crazy.

[auleian]

Best channel to learn Linux. Really good content. Am supplementing this to my RHCSA cert guide

[AnantaAkash.Podder]

The best Channel to learn Linux... Thank you very much sir...❤️❤️❤️

[cleightthejw]

@Jay thanks for the linux curse with these videos. They truly are good. AND! your audio is nice and loud.

[busdriver]

Thanks for unravelling the mystery (for me at least) of tar and gzip. It's one of those things I knew I had to learn but never got around to. Problem solved!

[nouhatamba]

you're the best huge thank to you for all that knowledge that you allow us to access freely

[Benjamin-lhdq]

Excellent, as always. I enjoyed this video a lot.

[dcknature]

Versatile tutorial, Jay 👍! Thanks and greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦.

[polliluiz]

Amazing my friend. Greetings from Brazil

[portfedh]

These videos are great. Thanks for posting Jay.

[raymondfb]

great video! thank you for taking the time to make it.

[vasylcf]

Thank you man! I like you way of explanation)

[machman]

Another well explained and demoed video

[pogo]

Hello people. Jay's book "Mastering Ubuntu Server" is EXCELLENT. I am reading the 3rd edition.

[saucerbob]

Great stuff. I gotta get back to command line administration. GUI interface is handy, and easy; but there is so much more power and flexibility in the command line. What's next - CPIO?