Using tar and gzip to compress/uncompress files

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Compress with bzip2 directory temp 

tar cvfj temp.tar.bz temp

Uncompress with bzip2 directory temp 

tar xvfj temp.tar.bz

Cat compressed file 

bzcat temp.bz
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