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cli-tarHow do I extract a tar.bz2 file using the command line?


To extract a tar.bz2 file using the command line, use the following command:

tar -xvjf <file_name>.tar.bz2

This will extract the contents of the tar.bz2 file into the current directory.

The parts of this command are as follows:

  • tar: The tar command is used to create, manipulate, and extract files that are archived in the tar format.
  • -x: This flag tells tar to extract the contents of the file.
  • -v: This flag tells tar to be verbose and display the progress of the extraction.
  • -j: This flag tells tar to use bzip2 for compression.
  • -f: This flag tells tar to use the file specified after it.

For more information on the tar command, see the following link:

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