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Compression
How to zip and unzip with a few shell utilities
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- Tar utility
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Look at the contents of a zipped file without unpacking it
- Zip utility
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Command-line tools available for Unix-like systems (Linux and macOS):
- zip utility
- tar utility
gzipbzip2
You can use unzip and tar on the file, though the tar syntax might be harder to remember.
The last two are not covered as commands in this guide.