tar gz unzip code example

Example 1: how to untar tar.gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz

Example 2: bash command for unzipping tar.gz files

# Basic syntax:
tar -zxvf file.tar.gz

# Where:
#	- x tells tar to extract the files
#	- v tells the command to list all of the files in the archive
#	- z tells the tar command to uncompress the file (gzip)
#	- f tells tar that you are going to give it a file name to work with

Example 3: unzip a tar.gz file in linux

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz

Example 4: how to unzip Tar file

## Untar files in Current Directory ##
tar -xvf filename.tar.gz

## Untar files in specified Directory ##
tar -xvf filename.tar.gz -C /path_name_for_unzip/

-x : extract
-C : specified directory
-v : Verbosely show the .tar file progress.
-f : filename of archive file

Example 5: 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 6: extract tar.gz

tar -xf archive.tar.gz