Packing .gz

1st way:

Step 1: Create tar file

$ tar -cvf package.tar foo.txt bar.txt

Step 2: Use gzip after to pack it in .gz file

$ gzip package.tar

2nd way (fast one):

$ tar -cvzf package.tar.gz foo.tex bar.txt

Unpacking .gz

It’s simple:

$ gunzip filename.gz

$ gunzip filename.tar.gz

Unpacking .tar

$ tar -xvf filename.tar

Unpacking .tar.gz

$ tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz