Since macOS is based on Unix there are a number of ways to compress files and folders within the filing system using Unix based application code, below are a few options using the Terminal or command line interface (cli). The default command line application interface in macOS is the Terminal and is stored in /Applications/Utilities.
File and folder compression saves on file size and ensures the contents are captured and delivered or stored as one monolithic file. A compressed file which contains files and folders is generally referred to as an archive. Here are some built-in compression applications you can use including zip, tar, gz, bz2, gz and dmg.
ZIP – Cross Platform
Aug 28, 2019 Creating Split Zip File # Imagine you want to store the Zip archive on a file hosting service that has a file size upload limit of 1GB and your Zip archive is 5GB. You can create a new split Zip file using the -s option followed by specified size. The multiplier can be k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), g (gigabytes), or t (terabytes).
In this article, you learn to zip and unzip command in Ubuntu Terminal. How to zip and unzip files and folders in Ubuntu terminal is very frequently searched question. Both zip and unzip package contains programs to create a compressed file in Linux. However, these packages not installed by default in Ubuntu. How to create a ZIP file with the zip command. To create a ZIP file, you need to tell zip the name of the archive file and which files to include in it. To test this, we created two files: file-01.txt and file-02.txt. We will compress them into my-archive.zip with the following command: zip my-archive.zip file-01.txt file-02.txt. Mar 19, 2012 In the above command, replace x with the name that you wish the zipped file to be called, and replace y with the name of the folder that you wish to zip. When you press Return, the folder contents. Open File Explorer. Navigate to the location with the items you want to compress. Right-click on an empty space, select New, and click Compressed (zipped) Folder. Type a descriptive name for the.
First up is ZIP one of the most commonly used compression techniques used across all platforms
To compress
To extract
If you want to make a zip without those invisible Mac resource files such as '_MACOSX' or '._Filename' and .ds store files, use the '-X' option in the command so:
TAR.GZ – Cross Platform
Second up is TAR, an old favorite on Unix/Linux – you add the GZ for the compression – compresses tighter than zip
To compress
To extract
TAR.BZ2 – Cross Platform
A variation on TAR GZ but with better compression than both tar.gz and zip.
To compress
To extract
GZ
Terminal Unzip
Without the tar
To extract
DMG – macOS Only
This one is macOSnative only – for a GUI interface use /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility – for command line use:
How To Zip A File Terminal Linux
To create
To mount
Without the tar
To extract
DMG – macOS Only
This one is macOSnative only – for a GUI interface use /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility – for command line use:
How To Zip A File Terminal Linux
To create
To mount
To view
To Eject
You can also use a number of different formats for creating a .dmg
- UDZO – Compressed image (default)
- UDRO – Read-only image
- UDBZ – Better compressed image
- UDRW – Read/Write image
- UDTO – DVD disk image
That's the low down, the more common compression packages available will typically be covered in one of the above.
