Archiving, Backup, and Compression


bzip2 Block sorting file compressor
bunzip2 Block sorting file decompresser
compress Unix compress file
uncompress Unix uncompress files
cpio Copy file archive
dd Convert and copy file
gzip GNU compress file
gunzip GNU expand file
mpack Pack a file in MIME format
munpack Unpack messages in MIME or split-uuencode format
pax Read and write file archives and copy directory hierarchies
shar Create shell archives
tar Tape archive
tar {OPTIONS] {ARCHIVE] {FILES or DIRECTORIES]
-c create archive
-d find differences between archive and files
-delete remove file from archive
-r append to end of archive
-t lists contents of archive
-u update archive with only newer files appended
-v verbose output
-x extract from archive
shar Create shell archives
uudecode Decode an uuencode file to a binary
uuencode Encode binary file into an ASCII text file
unshar Unpack an shell archives
zcat Uncompress or gunzip file to standardout
unzip Uncompress and deArchive
zip Archive and compress files