How to create tar.gz archive in linux or macos

Most Linux distros and macOS have tar program pre-installed by default, it can be used to create tar.gz archives. Command structure is next:

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /path/to/file/or/dir

What these flags mean:

• -c - instructs tar that we are going to create new archive;
• -z - use gzip as compression method;
• -f archive.tar.gz - specifies archive file name;
• -v - enables verbose mode;
• /path/to/file/or/dir - a list of files or directories to be included into archive, space-separated.