How to create tar.gz file in Linux using command line

You can create a .tar.gz file in Linux using the tar command. The basic syntax is as follows:

Here’s what each option does:

• c: Create a new archive.
• z: Compress the archive using gzip.
• v: Display verbose output, showing the progress of the compression process.
• f: Specify the filename of the archive to be created.

For example, if you want to create a .tar.gz archive of the directory /home/user/documents, you would run the following command:

This will create a new archive called documents.tar.gz that contains all the files and subdirectories within the /home/user/documents directory.

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