How to zip and unzip tar

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

How to zip and unzip tar

Compress:
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Uncompress:
tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz

Legend:

-c: Create an archive.
-z: Compress the archive with gzip.
-v: Display progress in the terminal while creating the archive, also known as “verbose” mode. The v is always optional in these commands, but it’s helpful.
-f: Allows you to specify the filename of the archive.
-x: extract

Similar codes

0 vote147 views1 answer
Fedora install vscode
Shell/Bash
0 vote152 views1 answer
NagiosPi docker-compose
Shell/Bash
3 votes141 views1 answer
Change process name pm2
Shell/Bash
0 vote147 views1 answer
E: Package 'pgadmin4' has no installation candidate E: Unable to locate package pgadmin4-apache2
Shell/Bash
3 votes141 views2 answers
View to path powershell
Shell/Bash
6 votes140 views1 answer
List all dependencies installed globally npm
Shell/Bash
0 vote148 views1 answer
Debian list packages automatic install
Shell/Bash
-1 vote147 views1 answer
Uninstall brew from linux
Shell/Bash
0 vote150 views1 answer
Git remove current pull
Shell/Bash
1 vote156 views1 answer
Check if variable is a number in bash
Shell/Bash