Linux note

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Command for (un)package, (un)compress

.tar

Package(without compress)

$ tar cvf FileName.tar DirName

Unpackage

$ tar xvf FileName.tar

.gz (gzip)

Compress

$ gzip FileName

Uncompress

$ gunzip FileName.gz

or

$ gzip -d FileName.gz

.tar.gz

Compress

$ tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

Uncompress

$ tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

.bz

Uncompress

$ bzip2 -d FileName.bz

or

$ bunzip2 FileName.bz

.tar.bz

Uncompress

$ tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

.bz2 (bzip2)

Compress

$ bzip2 -z FileName

Uncompress

$ bzip2 -d FileName.bz2

or

$ bunzip2 FileName.bz2

.tar.bz2 (bzip2)

Compress

$ tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

Uncompress

$ tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2

.xz (xz-utils)

Compress

$ xz -z FileName

Uncompress

$ xz -d FileName.xz

.tar.xz (xz-utils)

Compress

$ tar Jcvf FileName.tar.xz DirName

Uncompress

$ tar Jxvf FileName.tar.xz

.Z

Compress

$ compress FileName

Uncompress

$ tar Jxvf FileName.tar.xz

.tar.Z

Compress

$ tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

Uncompress

$ tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z

.tgz (gzip)

Compress

$ tar zcvf FileName.tgz FileName

Uncompress

$ tar zxvf FileName.tgz

.tar.tgz (gzip)

Compress

$ tar zcvf FileName.tar.tgz FileName

Uncompress

$ tar zxvf FileName.tar.tgz

.7z (p7zip-full)

Compress

$ 7z a FileName.7z FileName

Uncompress

$ 7z a FileName.7z FileName -pPASSWORD (with password)

$ 7z x FileName.7z

.zip

Compress

$ zip FileName.zip DirName

Uncompress

$ unzip FileName.zip

.rar (rar , unrar)

Compress

$ rar a FileName.rar DirName

Uncompress

$ rar e FileName.rar

$ unrar e FileName.rar

$ rar x FileName.rar DirName (to specific directory)

.lha (lha)

Compress

$ lha -a FileName.lha FileName

Uncompress

$ lha -e FileName.lha

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Argument list too long error for rm, mv, ls

find "filedir" -name "*" -maxdepth 1 | xargs -I '{}' \mv '{}' targetdir

find "filedir" -name "*" -maxdepth 1 | xargs rm

find "filedir" -name "*" -maxdepth 1 | xargs ls

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Replace pattern in Vim

:s/pattern/new_pattern/g

if pattern includes special character(e.g. '/')

use a different delimiter

:%s@patt/ern@new_patt/ern@g