cli-tarHow do I use gzip tar xvf to extract a file?
To use gzip tar xvf to extract a file, you need to use the following command:
tar xvfz <filename.tar.gz>
This command will extract the contents of the compressed file <filename.tar.gz>
and create a directory with the same name as the file.
The command consists of several parts:
tar
: The tar command is used to create, modify, and extract files from an archive.x
: The x switch tells tar to extract the archive.v
: The v switch tells tar to be verbose and list the files it is extracting.f
: The f switch tells tar to use the file following the switch as the archive.z
: The z switch tells tar to use the gzip compression algorithm to decompress the archive.
Once the command is executed, you will see a list of files extracted from the archive.
Here is an example:
$ tar xvfz myfile.tar.gz
myfile/
myfile/file1.txt
myfile/file2.txt
myfile/file3.txt
For more information on the tar command, see the tar man page.
More of Cli Tar
- How do I use the command line to tar and distribute files?
- How do I use the command line to tar and zip files?
- How can I use tar commands to zip a file?
- How do I compare Unix tar and zip files?
- How do I use gzip, tar, and zip to compress files?
- How do I use the command line to tar and zip a file?
- How do I use the Unix tar zip command?
- How do I use the shell to tar and zip files?
- How do I use the command line to tar and zip a file?
- How do I use the command line to tar and zip a file?
See more codes...