Linux: untar unzip gunzip unrar etc
here's how to unarchive or decompress files.
Untar (.tar)
- Extract
.tar
-
tar xvf filename
- Extract
.tar.gz
,.tgz
-
tar xvfz filename
- Extract
.bz2
,tar.bz2
,.tbz2
-
tar xvfj filename
- Extract
.xz
,tar.xz
-
tar xvfJ filename
- List content of .tar
-
tar -tvf filename
unzip (.zip)
unzip filename
Decompress gzip (.gz)
gzip -d filename
gunzip filename
Extract lzip (.lz)
You have to install lzip. At https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
lzip -d filename
Decompress bzip2 (.bz2)
bzip2 -d filename
Decompress xz (.xz)
xz -d filename
Extract rar file (.rar)
unrar e fileName
or
7z x fileName