cli-tarHow do I unzip a tar file using the command line?
Using the command line to unzip a tar file is a fairly straightforward process. The following example code block shows how to unzip a file named example.tar
:
tar -xvf example.tar
Code explanation
tar
: the command to run the tar program-x
: the flag to extract the contents of the tar file-v
: the flag to show the progress of the extraction-f
: the flag to specify the name of the tar file
It is also possible to extract the contents of the tar file into a specific directory. To do this, add the -C
flag followed by the path of the directory. For example:
tar -xvf example.tar -C /path/to/directory
For more information, please refer to the following links:
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