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Gill-Bates
Asked: 2022-11-04 02:01:29 +0800 CST

Debian: Simple way to compress files wanted

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I often need to compress archives in Linux. is there a simpler way instead of always building such complicated commands?

tar zcvf /tmp/mybackup.tar.gz /home/important
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  1. Best Answer

    An alias would mean you don't have to remember the zcvf options. You can name the alias whatever you want as long as it is one word.

    Create the alias in your terminal with

    alias archive='tar zcvf'

    and then your command becomes

    archive /tmp/mybackup.tar.gz /home/important

    If you like this alias, make it permanent by adding it to your ~/.bashrc. (Or whatever config file is sourced by the shell you are using.) Then every new terminal you open will have the alias already configured and ready to use.

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