工作生活中时常会遇到xxx.tar.gz这样的文件，每次都是现查现用，这样不好，所以 在此记录下来。

tar.gz的介绍：

A tar.gz file contains several compressed files to save storage space, as well as bandwidth during the downloading process. The .tar file acts as a portable container for other files and is sometimes called a tarball. The .gz part of the extension, stands for gzip, a commonly-used compression utility.

在遇到file.tar.gz后，用tar命令去解压它：

$ tar -xvzf file.tar.gz

-xvzf分别代表：

  • x - instructs tar to extract the files from the zipped file
  • v - means verbose, or to list out the files it’s extracting
  • z - instructs tar to decompress the files – without this, you’d have a folder full of compressed files
  • f - tells tar the filename you want it to work on

如果需要在解压前，查看压缩文件中包含的内容，则运行如下命令：

$ tar -tzf file.tar.gz

如果需要定义解压后文件的存放目录，则执行：

$ tar -xvzf file.tar.gz -C /specified/path

反过来，用如下命令可以创建一个tar.gz文件：

$ tar -cvzf dir.tar.gz ./dir
  • c - creates a new archive
  • v - verbose, meaning it lists the files it includes
  • z - signals tar to compress the files
  • f - specifies the name of the file

注：这篇文章的内容主要来源于这篇文章。英文部分自己也尝试翻译过，但是还是觉得原文表达的意思更加准确，所以选择沿用。更详细的内容请访问原网址。