Need to extract a bzip2 or gzip file? well here’s how to do it : Bzip2 in the file.bz2 format : bunzip2 file.bz2 a tar file with bzip2 compression : tar xjvf file.tar.bz2 A tar file with no compression : tar xvf file.tar A tar file with Gzip compression : tar zxvf file.tar.gz tar…
yum -y install xz Want to keep lots of logs, yet don’t want them cluttering up your logs directory and want them taking as little space as possible? well lets use a handy utility called logrotate and a compression utility called xz. xz is a lossless data compression program and file format which incorporates the…
Compression types and utils in Linux There are many compression utilities available to the average users on a linux system, so which one is best? well it all depends on what your intended use/goal for the file(s) is. Are you planning on sending the file to other OS’s? are you planning on decompressing the file…
