tar

tar -cvf file.tar file folder
    The above will create file.tar containing folder

tar -cvfz file.tar.gz file folder
    The above will create compressed file.tar.gz containing folder

tar -cv file1 folder | split -v 10M file.tar_
    The above will split the tar file into multiple files of 10M each

tar -xf file.tar
    The above will extract...

tar -xfvz file.tar.gz
    The above will unzip and extract...

cat file.tar_* | tar xz
    The above will combine and extract