The standard archival program for Unix-like operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X is Tar, so called because Tar was originally used to store backups on tape drives (Tape ARchive).

At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how.

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of zipping and unzipping files in Linux from both the command line and the GUI.

Multiple Files If you don’t mind transmitting script files full of binary garbage at the end, the recovered file might just as well be a compressed tar file or a zip file.