Create a tar archive
tar -c -f archive.tar *
Create a compressed archive with gzip
tar -c -z -f archive.tar.gz *
You can also condense down the commands like so..
tar -czf archive.tar.gz *
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I am guilty of using zip too much. Less to type “zip -r file source” and “unzip file”. But usually I’m not trying to archive I’m just moving stuff around. However if I would practice compression better, when I have to download and reupload stuff I’m moving through FTP, it would go faster. Maybe I just should connect to the other location through the shell? Oh bad habits.