Linux Unpack and Decompression Commands
.tar
unpack: tar xvf FileName.tar
pack: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName.gz
uncompress: gunzip FileName.gz
uncompress: gzip -d FileName.gz
compress: gzip FileName.tar.gz, .tgz
uncompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
compress: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName.bz2
uncompress: bzip2 -d FileName.bz2
uncompress: bunzip2 FileName.bz2
compress: bzip2 -z FileName.tar.bz2
uncompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2
compress: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName.bz
uncompress: bzip2 -d FileName.bz
uncompress: bunzip2 FileName.bz
compress: (unknown).tar.bz
uncompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz
compress: (unknown).Z
uncompress FileName.Z
compress FileName.tar.Z
uncompress: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z
compress: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName.zip
uncompress: unzip FileName.zip
compress: zip FileName.zip DirName.rar
uncompress: rar x FileName.rar
compress: rar a FileName.rar DirName.lha
uncompress: lha -e FileName.lha
compress: lha -a FileName.lha FileName.rpm
unpack: rpm2cpio FileName.rpm | cpio -div.deb
unpack: ar p FileName.deb data.tar.gz | tar zxf -.tar .tgz .tar.gz .tar.Z .tar.bz .tar.bz2 .zip .cpio .rpm .deb .slp .arj .rar .ace .lha .lzh .lzx .lzs .arc .sda .sfx .lnx .zoo .cab .kar .cpt .pit .sit .sea
uncompress: sEx x FileName.*
compress: sEx a FileName.* FileNameuncompress .xz files
xz -d linux-3.12.tar.xz
tar -xf linux-3.12.tar
tar -Jxf linux-3.12.tar.xz