The xz command is a data compression utility, similar to gzip, that reduces the size of selected files and manages files in the .xz file format. The xz command has several options. Option Used To -d Decompress a file. -f Force compression or decompression of a file even if it has multiple links or if […]
gzip: command not found
GNU zip (gzip) is a compression utility that reduces the size of selected files. Files compressed with gzip frequently have the .gz file extension. The gzip command has several options. These command options are described in the following table. Option Used To -d Reverse file compression (decompression). -f Force compression or decompression of a file […]
rsync: command not found
The rsync command uses SSH to synchronize files between a remote directory and a local directory. The advantage of synchronizing files is that only differences need to be considered. So, for example, if you synchronize a 100-MiB file in which only a few blocks have changed since the previous sync, only the changed blocks will […]
rsync Command Examples in Linux
rsync is used to copy files locally and to remote systems. Its real power lies in its efficient use of network bandwidth; instead of copying all files, it only copies differences between files. So, if you use rsync on all files in a directory, it will check the destination directory to see if those exact […]
sftp: command not found
sftp command is the implementation of the Secure File Transport Protocol (SFTP). SFTP uses SSH tunnel as a transportation mechanism to encrypt data. Whereas scp is used purely for transferring files, sftp can transfer files and manage files and directories. So, you can list, create, and remove directories on the remote system. The sftp command […]
scp: command not found
This tool is used to copy data to or from a remote host over SSH. Because it uses SSH, data you send to an off-site backup will be encrypted in transit, protecting its confidentiality. Like SSH, scp uses TCP port 22 by default. The following is an example of copying a file to a remote […]
scp Command Examples in Linux
This tool is used to copy data to or from a remote host over SSH. Because it uses SSH, data you send to an off-site backup will be encrypted in transit, protecting its confidentiality. Like SSH, scp uses TCP port 22 by default. The following is an example of copying a file to a remote […]
dd: command not found
The dd command copies and converts files to enable them to be transferred from one type of media to another. The dd command has various operands, or actions, to perform. If you need to clone a device, you can use dd. For instance, you can use it to write the contents of an optical drive […]
cpio: command not found
The cpio command copies files to and from archives. The cpio command has three operating modes. Operating Mode Command Used To Copy-out cpio -o Copy files into an archive. It reads the standard input to obtain a list of file names and then copies those files to the standard output. Copy-in cpio -i Copy files […]
cpio Command Examples in Linux
The cpio command copies files to and from archives. The cpio command has three operating modes. Operating Mode Command Used To Copy-out cpio -o Copy files into an archive. It reads the standard input to obtain a list of file names and then copies those files to the standard output. Copy-in cpio -i Copy files […]