Tar and Zip are both file compression formats that you’ll encounter. You can use built-in utilities in Linux to compress and decompress / expand these files.
The command for “tar”ring a directory is:
tar -cvf filename.tar ./directory_name/
The command for un”tarring” a file is:
tar -xvf FileName.tar.gz
Flags:
-c compress – you need this flag if you are compressing a file
-x extract – you need this flag if you are decompressing a file
-v verbose (optional)
-f specify the name of the file – needed
The command for unzipping a file is:
unzip filename.zip
Reference:
https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/use-tar-command-linux-examples/
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-compress-expand-gz-files/