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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4497- July  4, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4497- July  4, 2025
 
 
TAR IS A ZIP 
Ever want to tar and compress
 a file all in one command:
 
 tar cf - /home/foo | compress > foo.tar.Z
 
 gzip can be used the same way
 tar cf - /home/foo | gzip > foo.tar.Z
 
 If you wanted to capture the
 output so you had an index file
 of what the tar file contains:
 
 For sh, ksh use:
 tar cvf - /home/foo 2>foo.idx | compress > foo.tar.Z
 
 For csh use:
 (tar cvf - /home/foo | compress > /foo.tar.Z) >&foo.idx
 
 and an index file will be created.
 
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