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Archiving Files on the Command Line

In this hands-on lab, we will practice archiving and compression. Archiving is often used for backing up and moving files, and the ability to create compressed archives is a fundamental skill for a systems architect. By the end of this lab, you will be familiar with creating and working with archives.

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Level

Beginner

Duration

45m

Published

Jul 01, 2019

Challenge

Create a Normal Archive
1. Use the following command to create a tarball of the ~/Practice folder named archive.tar:
```
tar cvf archive.tar Practice/
```
Challenge

Add the File `~/extra.txt` to `archive.tar`
1. Use the following command to add the file ~/extra.txt to the existing tarball:
```
tar rf archive.tar extra.txt
```
Challenge

Create a Compressed Archive
1. Now create another tarball, but this time, compress it during creation with the following command:
```
tar czf archive.tgz Practice/
```
Challenge

Compress the Normal Archive
1. Use the gzip utility to compress the first tarball (archive.tar) with maximum compression:
```
gzip -9 archive.tar
```
1. This will compress the file and rename it archive.tar.gz.
Challenge

Extract the File `Practice/Test/version.txt` from `archive.tar.gz`
1. Use the following command to extract the file Practice/Test/version.txt from the compressed archive archive.tar.gz:
```
tar xzf archive.tar.gz Practice/Test/version.txt
```
1. This will extract the file to the existing path and overwrite the file if it exists.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.