tar with compression (-z, -j, -J) in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a gzip compressed archive named archive.tar.gz of the folder myfolder.

Linux CLI

tar [1] -cf archive.tar.gz myfolder

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A-x

B-j

C-J

D-z

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -j which is for bzip2 compression.

Using -J which is for xz compression.

Using -x which extracts files instead of creating.

The -z option tells tar to use gzip compression when creating the archive.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to extract a bzip2 compressed archive named data.tar.bz2.

Linux CLI

tar [1] -xf data.tar.bz2

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A-c

B-j

C-J

D-z

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -z which is for gzip compression.

Using -J which is for xz compression.

Using -c which creates archives instead of extracting.

The -j option tells tar to use bzip2 compression when extracting the archive.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to create an xz compressed archive named backup.tar.xz of the folder docs.

Linux CLI

tar -cf backup.tar.xz [1] docs

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A-z

B-j

C-J

D-x

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -z which is for gzip compression.

Using -j which is for bzip2 compression.

Using -x which extracts files instead of creating.

The -J option tells tar to use xz compression when creating the archive.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a gzip compressed archive named project.tar.gz from the folder project.

Linux CLI

tar [1] -[2]f project.tar.gz project

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A-z

Bc

Cx

D-j

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -j for gzip compression.

Using x instead of c to create the archive.

Use -z for gzip compression and c to create the archive.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to extract a bzip2 compressed archive named logs.tar.bz2.

Linux CLI

tar [1] -[2]f logs.tar.bz2 [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-j

Bx

C-v

D-z

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -z for bzip2 compression.

Using c instead of x to extract.

Omitting verbose option if needed.

Use -j for bzip2 compression, x to extract, and -v for verbose output.