command to untar .tar file code example

Example 1: uncompress tar

tar -xvf filename.tar

Example 2: untar .tar file

tar -xvf yourfile.tar

Example 3: how to untar a tar file

tar -zxvf file_name.tar.gz

Example 4: unarchive tar acrhive

tar -xvf file.tar etc/resolv.conf
tar -xzvf file.tar.gz etc/resolv.conf
tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2 etc/resolv.conf

#Extract files into a specific folder
tar -xf archive.tar.gz -C /home/linuxize/files