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what is the purpose of Tar

It takes files and puts them in a container.

The purpose of tar (short for Tape Archive) in Linux is to bundle multiple files and directories into a single file, commonly called a "tarball". It is primarily used for data backups, system archiving, and software distribution, preserving critical Unix file metadata like permissions and directory structures

Tar command does not

compress or reduce the size of files

what does gzip do?

compresses a file

what does gunzip do

de-compresses a file

command used to create a new uncompressed archive file from a collection of files or directories

tar cvf <archivefilename.tar> /path/to/file

untar it

tar xvf <filename.tar>

compress the tar file you made

gzip <file.tar>

uncompress a file

gunzip <file>

force remove a directory

rm -rf <directoryname>