Compress / Decompress files

0. Requirement packages
apt install tar zip unzip gzip
1. Compress
Compress single file into .tar.gz 
tar -zcvf telegraf-legacy.log.tar.gz telegraf.log --totals --verbose
Compress a directory into .tar.gz 
tar -zczf monit-5.26.0.tar.gz monit-5.26.0/ --totals --verbose
After that if you want remove original file then use with option --remove-files
Compress single file into .gz 
# From tocdo.log --> tocdo.gz (dropped original file)
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gzip tocdo.log 
Compress single file into .zip
# From tocdo.log --> tocdo.zip (dropped original file)
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zip x tocdo.log
2. Decompress 
tar -xzf foo.tar.gz --totals --verbose
unzip -a x.zip

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