tar gz file linux code example

Example 1: how to untar tar.gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz

Example 2: extract tar.xz ubuntu

tar -xf file.tar.xz

Example 3: how to zip with tar command

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz stuff

Example 4: how to tar a file

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 5: linux unpack tar.gz file

tar -zxvf file_name.tar.gz

Example 6: unzip a tar.gz file in linux

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz