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compress more than one file
hi,
I need to compress a couple files in a directory.i tried using tar cvf filename1 filename2 but i am not able to open tar file. please suggest how to compress more than one file in to same file thanks in advance 
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To pack all the files together:
Code:
tar cvf outputfile.tar filename1 filename2 Code:
tar xvf inputfile.tar Note that tar only put files together, if you want compression you then need to compress the resulting tarfile with something like compress, gzip, bzip, etc...
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