Syntax
The syntax is as follows:
tar options file.tar.gz tar options file.tar.gz pattern tar -xf file.tar.gz tar -xvf file.tar.gz tar -zxvf file.tar.gz tar -zxvf file.tar.gz file1 file2 dir1 dir2
Extract tr.gz. file
To extract one or more members from an archive, enter:$ tar -zxvf {file.tar.gz}
If your tarball name is backup.tar.gz, enter the following at a shell prompt to extract files:$ tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz
To extract resume.doc file from backup.tar.gz tarball, enter:$ tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz resume.doc
Where,
- -z : Work on gzip compression automatically when reading archives.
- -x : Extract archives.
- -v : Produce verbose output i.e. display progress and extracted file list on screen.
- -f : Read the archive from the archive to the specified file. In this example, read backups.tar.gz archive.
- -t : List the files in the archive.
Extracting an entire archive
To extract an entire archive, specify the archive file name only, with no individual file names as arguments.tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz
List files in archive
To view a detailed table of contents (list of file), enter::$ tar -tvf backup.tar.gz
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