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Using Zip and Tar on Command Line

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Command Line Basics Series

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1. Moving Around the Command Line FREE 13m
2. Copy, Move, Delete on Command Line FREE 11m
3. Dealing with Command Line Permissions FREE 16m
4. Using Zip and Tar on Command Line FREE 10m
5. Creating Symbolic Links on Command Line FREE 7m
6. Using SSH and SCP FREE 7m
7. Finding Files on Command Line FREE 8m
8. Using the grep command FREE 14m
9. Introduction to Vi/Vim editor FREE 10m
10. Editing with Vi/Vim editor FREE 4m
11. More Editing with Vi/Vim editor FREE 7m
12. Handy Command Line Shortcuts FREE 9m
13. Using MySQL from Command Line FREE 9m
14. Setting up Bash Aliases FREE 6m
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This command line video covers the three most common commands for compressing and archiving files, including how to get them back out again. Most commonly you first hit the need for these when you download a file and need to get it uncompressed. We'll cover the following commands:

  • zip
  • unzip
  • gzip
  • gunzip
  • tar

Note: this video was originally released October 28, 2009 on Lullabot.com.

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designindaba on November 15, 2011 - 4:35am

awesome! Thanks for the video

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