How do I TAR and compress files in one step?

To archive and compress a directory called 'target' in the current working directory into a file called target.tgz use:

tar cf - target | gzip -c > target.tgz

The - in the place of a tar output filename directs tar to send its output to the standard output which is redirected to gzip.

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