extract tar files linux code example

Example 1: extract tar.gz ubuntu terminal

tar -xvf yourfile.tar.gz

Example 2: extract tar linux

tar -zxvf file_name.tar.gz

Example 3: extract tar

tar -xvf file.tar

Example 4: extract tar.gz linux command line

tar xvzf file.tar.gz

Example 5: 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