Bash - Tar - Compress

$ tar -czvf compress.tar.gz /path/to/compress

• -c: Create a new archive (group files together, the .tar part)
• -z: Filter archive through gzip (compress, the .gz part)
• -v: Verbose, list files processed (can get annoying)
• -f: Name to save archive as

Remove files while being archived:

tar -czf compressed.tar.gz --remove-files path/to/compress