tar unzip linux code example
Example 1: 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 2: 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 3: extract tar to destination
tar xf file.tar.gz -C /root/Desktop/folder
Example 4: Unzip tar file
tar xvf spark-*