How to compress and uncompress files and folders in Terminal in OSX 10.11:
TAR.BZ2 – Cross Platform:
To compress:
tar -jcvf archive_name.tar.bz2 folder_to_compress
To extract:
tar -jxvf archive_name.tar.bz2
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How to compress and uncompress files and folders in Terminal in OSX 10.11