cli-tarHow do I uncompress a tar file in Unix?
The tar command in Unix can be used to uncompress a tar file. To do this, use the following command:
tar -xvf <filename>.tar
This will extract the files contained in the tar archive file into the current directory.
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tar
: This is the tar command.-xvf
: This is the option to extract files from the tar archive.<filename>.tar
: This is the name of the tar file.
The output of this command will be the list of files that were extracted from the tar archive.
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