In this how-to, we will look at how to work with tar archives via the terminal, including two of the most popular compression methods to squeeze every last byte of space.

The standard archival program for Unix-like operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X is Tar, so called because Tar was originally used to store backups on tape drives (Tape ARchive).

In this step-by-step guide, learn how to access and modify the Linux hosts file to control the mapping of hostnames to IP addresses.

Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files? Jack Wallen shows you how from the command line and a GUI file manager on Linux.

There are a number of tools that you use to compress files on Linux systems, but they don't all behave the same way or yield the same level of compression. In this post, we compare five of them.

The VI text editor is the most used and popular Linux text editor. You can get it in almost any Linux distribution. There are two modes, Insert and Command. Command mode is used to take the user ...

How to extract a tar.gz archive on Ubuntu using the GUI You don't need a lot of technical knowledge to open a tar.gz file on Ubuntu. The operating system has native support for opening and ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of zipping and unzipping files in Linux from both the command line and the GUI.

Linux systems use a variety of file formats, and each format can experience various issues. Tar.gz files are among the most troublesome file formats and often create installation issues for users. If ...