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.

The code above has the following parts:

• 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.

For more information, see the following links:

• GNU Tar Manual
• How to Extract a Tar File in Linux

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