Networking
Copy and Uncompress (ssh, gunzip, tar) from Remote Server
So you have a remote backup and you want to quickly have it restored locally or to another server without transferring, then uncompressing as 2 or 3 steps.
ssh user@remote-server "cat /path/to/compressed/backup.tar.gz" | tar xzvf -
Copy Large Files Over the Network with Netcat + tar + Qpress compression
On the target host, change directory to the folder you want to copy the files to:
nc -l 9999 | qpress -vdio | tar xvf -
On the source host, change directory to the folder containing the files to be copied:
tar -cf - . | qpress -vio - . | nc [TARGET_HOST_IP] 9999