Below example shows how to ar.gz a directory or a folder using the terminal command,
Example:tar -czf tarfile.tar.gz dir-name/
Example:
tar -czf myDir.tar.gz /user/Desktop/myDir/
![tar.gz a directory or folder tar.gz a directory or folder](https://code2care.org/linux/tar-dot-gz-a-directory-or-folder/images/tar.gz a directory or folder.png)
![Output Output](https://code2care.org/linux/tar-dot-gz-a-directory-or-folder/images/Output.png)
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