{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blog - Silicon Cloud","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog","author_name":"William Carter","author_url":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/author\/williamcarter\/","title":"How to compress a folder in Ubuntu?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eTq1MFxdx4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-compress-a-folder-in-ubuntu\/\">How to compress a folder in Ubuntu?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-compress-a-folder-in-ubuntu\/embed\/#?secret=eTq1MFxdx4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How to compress a folder in Ubuntu?&#8221; &#8212; Blog - Silicon Cloud\" data-secret=\"eTq1MFxdx4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In Ubuntu, you can use the tar command to compress a folder. Open the terminal. Navigate to the directory where the folder you want to compress is located. For example, if the folder you want to compress is on the desktop, you can use the following command to navigate to the desktop directory: cd ~\/Desktop [&hellip;]"}