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--- tar_usage [2023/01/26 21:20] – raju
+++ tar_usage [2023/01/26 21:24] (current) – [sample commands] raju
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+==== file extensions ====
+  * tar gzip compressed - .tgz
+  * tar bzip2 compressed - .tar.bz2, .tar.bz, .tbz
+  * tar xz compressed - .txz
+==== sample commands ====
+<code>
+tar cJvf foo.txz foo
+</code>
+==== convert tgz to txz ====
+<code>
+cat foo.tgz | gzip -cd | xz > foo.txz
+</code>
+To do the other way around
+<code>
+cat foo.txz | xz -cd | gzip > foo.tgz
+</code>
+Ref:- http://lowfatdaemon.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-repackage-txz-to-tgz-slackware.html
+tags | change compression algorithm of a tar archive
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