Archiving and Compression: `tar`, `gzip`, `bzip2`

Ever needed to bundle many files into one, or reduce a file's size? That's where archiving and compression come in!

Archiving combines multiple files or directories into a single file, often called a "tarball." This makes them easier to manage and transfer.

Compression reduces the size of a file, saving disk space and speeding up transfers.

The tar command (Tape ARchiver) is the standard Linux utility for creating and extracting archive files. It doesn't compress by default, but it's often used with compression tools.

Key options for tar include:

• c: Create a new archive.
• x: Extract files from an archive.
• v: Verbose output (show files being processed).
• f: Specify the archive filename.