How to compress and uncompress files and folders in Terminal in OSX 10.11:
TAR.GZ – Cross Platform:
To compress:
tar -zcvf archive_name.tar.gz folder_to_compress
To extract:
tar -zxvf archive_name.tar.gz
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How to compress and uncompress files and folders in Terminal in OSX 10.11