tar/Tape Archive

The tar command stands for tape archive. The specified command is used to compress several numbers of large files into a single archive file. The files can be compressed in various levels like No compression (.tar), Gzip compression (tar.gz), Bzip2 compression (tar.bz2), Lzip compression, Lzop compression. The real scenario of tar command is to backup servers and desktops distribute software and archive documents. User’s mostly use the tar.gz and tar.bz2 formats to archive the files. The tar.gz is used for quick compression and tar.bz2 is used for file size issues. Highly compressed archive files are commonly called as tarball. The ultimate command also used for reducing the file size to manage storage space.