exatract tar.gz code example

Example 1: unrachive .tar.gz

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz
Also, to extract in a specific directory

for eg. to extract the archive into a custom my_images directory .

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz -C my_images

Example 2: how to extract tar.gz

If your tar file is compressed using a gzip compressor, use the following command to extract it.

    $ tar xvzf file.tar.gz
    
If your tar file is compressed using a bZip2 compressor, use the following command to extract it.

    $ tar xvjf file.tar.bz2