Tar usage
From raju
compression algos
- compression ratio
Defined as Uncompressed size / compressed size.
xz > bzip2 > gzip
xz gives the smallest files.
Rule of thumb: files compressed with xz are 20% smaller compared to files compressed with gzip.
- time to compress
xz > bzip2 > gzip
xz is slowest, gzip is fastest.
Ref:-
- https://www.rootusers.com/gzip-vs-bzip2-vs-xz-performance-comparison/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression_ratio
Remove all files previously extracted from a tar(.gz) file
tar -tf <file.tar.gz> | xargs rm -r
tags| uninstall files untarred from a tar file