with progress
https://superuser.com/questions/168749/is-there-a-way-to-see-any-tar-progress-per-file
in=/input-folder
out=files.tar.gz
total_size=$(du -sb $out | awk '{print $1}')
tar cf - $in | pv -s $total_size | gzip > $out
468800cookie-checkLinux Tar/Gzip a folder (backup)