cli-tarHow do I unzip a tar file using the command line?
Unzipping a tar file using the command line is a simple process. The following command will unzip the tar file:
tar -xvf <file-name.tar>This will extract the contents of the tar file in the same directory.
Code explanation
tar: The program used to unzip the tar file.-xvf: The flags used to tell tar to extract and verbosely list the contents of the tar file.<file-name.tar>: The name of the tar file to be unzipped.
For more information on the tar command, see the GNU tar manual.
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