ubuntu how to untar tar.gz code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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