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 extractionf
: the option to specify the file to extractmy_file.tar
: the name of the tar file to be extracted
For more information on the tar
command, see the following links:
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