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If you are roaming the open source world, chances are you encounter .tar.gz file on a regular basis. Open source packages are generally available to download in .tar.gz and .zip formats. The tar command is used to create tar archives by converting a group of files into an archive. It supports a vast range of compression programs such as gzip, bzip2, lzip, lzma, lzop, xz and compress. Tar was originally designed for creating archives to store files on magnetic tape which is why it has its name “Tape ARchive”.

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