This shows how to compress files or folders via command line, of many formats.

Contents 1 Common Compression Formats 2 Introduction 3 Command Line 3.1 gzip format 3.2 bz2 format 3.3 xz format 3.4 zip format 3.5 rar format 3.6 LZMA format 3.7 7zip format 3.8 Uncompressed archive 4 GUI 5 References

Common Compression FormatsEdit

• gzip
• bzip2
• xz
• zip
• rar
• 7z
• lzma

IntroductionEdit

for these examples "app" is a file or folder that you want to compress, and compressed fire that is created is "app.tar.*"

Command LineEdit

gzip formatEdit

tar -czvf app.tar.gz app

• tar man page

bz2 formatEdit

tar -cjvf app.tar.bz2 app

• tar man page

xz formatEdit

tar -cJvf app.tar.xz app

• tar man page

zip formatEdit

• directory: zip -r app.zip app
• zip man page

rar formatEdit

• directory: rar a app.rar app/
• file: rar a app.rar app
• rar man page

LZMA formatEdit

• Fast compression:
  • tar -cv app |lzma e -a0 -d15 -fb16 -mfhc4 -si -so >app.tar.lzma
• Normal compression:
  • tar -cv app |lzma e -d21 -fb32 -si -so >app.tar.lzma
• Maximum compression:
  • tar -cv app |lzma e -si -so >app.tar.lzma
• Ultra compression:
  • tar -cv app |lzma e -d25 -si -so >app.tar.lzma
• lzma man page

7zip formatEdit

file: 7zr a app.7z app

• 7za man page

Uncompressed archiveEdit

tar -cvf app.tar app

• tar man page

GUIEdit

• please add

ReferencesEdit

• Compression comparisons
• 7za man page
• zip man page
• tar man page
• rar man page
• lzma man page