How to uncompres a file .tar.gz from the bash?

Adso · 01-31-2009, 03:49 PM

The question said everything... I was looking for, but I did not find nothing, any command.
If you can tell me the command or where can I find it (any tutorial or something like this).

Thank you!!!

Maligree · 01-31-2009, 03:51 PM

tar xzf <filename> or tar xzvf <filename> for verbose mode.

x - etract
z - gzip format (j for bzip)
v - verbose output
f - read file specified as an argument, instead of waiting for it on stdin

jailbait · 01-31-2009, 03:54 PM

Use the tar command. The documentation is:

man tar

As an example: Suppose you have a file called new.source.tar.gz in a directory called /tmp/source then use these commands to unpack the tarball:

cd /tmp/source
tar -xzf new.source.tar.gz

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Steve Stites

Adso · 01-31-2009, 04:14 PM

Thank you!