Creating a tar.zip file in Unix is a two-step process that involves compressing the files with tar and then compressing the tar archive with gzip.

In this guide, we explain how to zip and unzip files in Linux using two easy methods, i.e. GUI method and the Command Line method.

In this how-to, we’ll look at the zip command, a useful utility that enables us to specify lists of files, set a level of data compression and create compressed archives. Whilst you become ...