cli-tarHow do I extract a file from a Unix tar archive?
To extract a file from a Unix tar archive, you can use the tar
command. The basic syntax for extracting a file is tar -xvf <archive_name.tar> <file_name>
.
For example:
tar -xvf myarchive.tar myfile.txt
This will extract myfile.txt
from the myarchive.tar
archive.
Code explanation
tar
: The tar command used for creating, modifying, and extracting files from archives.-x
: This option tells tar to extract files from an archive.-v
: This option tells tar to display progress information while extracting files.-f
: This option tells tar the name and path of the archive to be extracted.
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