cli-tarHow do I unzip a tar.gz file using the command line?
To unzip a tar.gz file using the command line, use the tar command followed by the -xzf option.
The syntax for this command is:
tar -xzf filename.tar.gzThis command will extract the files in the filename.tar.gz archive in the current directory.
The parts of the command are:
tar: The tar command is used to create and manipulate archive files in Linux/Unix.-xzf: This option tells tar to extract the files.filename.tar.gz: This is the name of the file that you want to extract.
For more information and examples of using the tar command, see the GNU tar manual.
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