I. tar

• Compress: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName
• Decompress: tar xvf FileName.tar

II. gz

• Compress:gzip FileName
• Decompress:
  • gunzip FileName.gz
  • gzip -d FileName.gz

III. tar.gz & .tgz

• Compress: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName
• Decompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

IV. bz2

• Compress: bzip2 -z FileName
• Decompress:
  • bzip2 -d FileName.bz2
  • bunzip2 FileName.bz2

V. zip

• Compress: zip FileName.zip DirName
• Decompress: unzip FileName.zip

VI. rar

• Compress: rar a FileName.rar DirName
• Decompress: rar x FileName.rar

VII. rpm

• Decompress: rpm2cpio FileName.rpm | cpio -div

VIII. deb

• Decompress: ar p FileName.deb data.tar.gz | tar zxf -