cli-tarHow do I extract files from a tar archive using the command line?
To extract files from a tar archive using the command line, you can use the tar
command.
tar -xvf <filename>.tar
This command will extract all files from the tar archive. The flags used are:
-x
: extract files from an archive-v
: verbosely list files processed-f
: use archive file or device
The output of this command will be a list of all the files extracted from the tar archive.
You can also extract specific files from the tar archive using the tar
command.
tar -xvf <filename>.tar <file1> <file2> ...
This command will extract the specified files from the tar archive.
You can also extract files to a specific directory using the tar
command.
tar -xvf <filename>.tar -C <directory>
This command will extract all files from the tar archive to the specified directory.
For more information about the tar
command, you can refer to the GNU Tar Manual.
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