tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file
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-c: Create an archive. -
-z: Compress the archive with gzip. -
-v: Display progress in the terminal while creating the archive, also known as “verbose” mode. The v is always optional in these commands, but it’s helpful. -
-f: Allows you to specify the filename of the archive.
两个例子，
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff
tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something