Cheatsheet for unpacking tar archives.
For unpacking tar-archives through a command-line utility is used tar.
It is useful to know that archives tar have the file extension .tar Also in Linux, archives are widespread that have additional compression by other programs. For example, archives .tar.bz2 , .tar.gz and others. All of these archives can be unpacked using the utility tar.
Unpacking tar
To unpack the archive in format .tar into the current directory, run the command:
tar xvf archive.tarUnpack tar.bz2, tar.bzip2, tbz2, tb2, tbz
tar xvjf archive.tar.bz2Packaging tar.xz, txz
tar xvJf archive.tar.xzUnpack tar.gz, tgz
tar xvzf archive.tar.gzUnpacking tar.lzma
tar --lzma -xvf archive.tar.lzmaExplanation of options
x – unpack the archive.
v – Verbose-mode (display additional information during unpacking).
f – unpack the archive from a file.
j – call bzip2 to unpack the archive.
z – invoke gzip
J – call xz
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Unpacking to a specific directory
To unpack the archive into a specific directory, use the option -C or –directory, for example:
tar xvf archive.tar -C /to/directoryNote: the directory must exist.
Conclusion
We have covered a basic set of commands that can be used to unpack various kinds of tar archives. There are also some other types of archives, but they are less common.
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