extract file from tar.gz in current directory code example

Example 1: extract from tar gz into folder

mkdir foo
tar -xzf bar.tar.gz -C foo

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