Bash: Create and extract archives

A short, tested Bash example for create and extract archives. Copy it and adjust the names and paths for your project.

Bash

tar -czf archive.tar.gz folder/        # create
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz                # extract
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz -C /target     # extract elsewhere
zip -r archive.zip folder/
unzip archive.zip

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