untar a tar.gz code example

Example 1: how to untar tar.gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz

Example 2: untar tar.gz

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Example 3: 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

Example 4: extract tar.gz

tar -xf archive.tar.gz

Example 5: extract tar gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz