cli-tarHow do I extract a tar.gz file using the command line?
Extracting a tar.gz file using the command line requires the use of the tar command. This command is used to create, modify, and extract tar archives.
The command to extract a tar.gz archive is as follows:
tar -xzvf <filename>.tar.gz
This command will extract the contents of the tar.gz archive to the current directory.
The command parts are as follows:
tar
: The tar command is used to create, modify, and extract tar archives.-xzvf
: The-xzvf
options are used to extract the tar archive.<filename>.tar.gz
: This is the name of the tar.gz archive that you want to extract.
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