how to open tar.gz file in ubuntu code example

Example 1: extract tar.gz ubuntu terminal

tar -xvf yourfile.tar.gz

Example 2: untar tar.gz

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Example 3: untar .tar file

tar -xvf yourfile.tar

Example 4: untar gz file ubuntu

#Untar to the specific dirctory -C qualifier for customized directory
#You must cd into the directory containg the file first
tar -xf archive.tar.gz -C /home/linuxize/files
#Untar specific files from  archive.tar.gz
tar -xf archive.tar.gz file1 file2

Example 5: extract tar gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz