Archiving

Package name	Compress command	Decompress Command	Replaces the original files(s)?
zip	zip {filename} {file-to-compress}, Exp: zip ./file.zip file	unzip file.zip	No
gzip	gzip {file-to-compress}, gzip file	gunzip file.gz	Yes
bzip2	bzip2 {file-to-compress}, bzip file	bunzip file.gz2	Yes
xz-utils	xz {filename-to-compress}, xz file	unxz file.xz	Yes
tar	tar cfz {filename} {filename-to-compress}	tar xf bigfile.tgz	No
p7zip	7z a {filename} {file-to-compress}, Ex: 7z a ./file.7z file	7z e file.7z, tgz, gz2, zip, gz..	No

• For Scripting and processing of large amount of data gzip is recommended as it is faster in that particular task.

• For general compression and decompression p7zip is recommended to use as it supports wide variety of formats.