cli-tarHow do I extract a tar file using the terminal?

To extract a tar file using the terminal, you can use the tar command with the -x option. This command will extract the contents of the tar file into the current directory.

Example

tar -xvf my_file.tar

Output example

x file1.txt
x file2.txt
x file3.txt

The command consists of the following parts:

• tar: the command to extract tar files
• -x: the option to extract the tar file
• -v: the option to show the progress of the extraction
• f: the option to specify the file to extract
• my_file.tar: the name of the tar file to be extracted

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

• GNU tar manual
• Linux man page for tar

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