linux

This zips the directory and names it xyz.zip in

1zip -r /home/user/xyz.zip /location/of/directory

This unzips the archive

1unzip /home/user/xyz.zip

This tars the directory and names it xyz.tar in /home/user/

1tar -cvf /home/user/xyz.tar /location/of/directory

This untars the archive

1tar -xvf /home/user/xyz.tar -C /location/to/extract/to/

This tar.gzs the directory and names it xyz.tar.gz in /home/user/

1tar -zcvf /home/user/xyz.tar.gz /location/of/directory

This untars the archive

1tar -zxvf /home/user/xyz.tar.gz -C /location/to/extract/to/

This allows mounting of a remote file system over ssh. Ensure that theĀ sshfs package is installed.

1sshfs phillips321@torrenter.co.uk:/var/www /media/ssh -o allow_other

This command indentifies which process is running on which port. Displays pid and name.

1netstat -lnp