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Towhid
Asked: 2014-07-20 00:17:22 +0800 CST

How to unzip .tgz file using the terminal? [duplicate]

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I've downloaded mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz file using windows 7 and kept it on D:\Amra\Software\Developing Soft location.

When I right click this .tgz file using Ubuntu and see property it shows Location: /media/towhid/Amra/Software/Developing Soft. Now how will I unzip this .tgz file using tar command from terminal?

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  1. Best Answer

    To extract a .tgz file with tar you need to use,

    tar -xvzf /path/to/yourfile.tgz

    where,

    • x for extract
    • v for verbose
    • z for gnuzip
    • f for file, should come at last just before file name.

    You can use the following command in a terminal to unzip the file in your case,

    tar -xvzf /media/towhid/Amra/Software/Developing\ Soft/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz

    Extract a .tgz file in different directory:

    One can use -C option to extract archive contents to a different directory as following,

    tar -xvzf /path/to/yourfile.tgz -C /path/where/to/extract/
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  2. Let's end the decades of hardly-memorable one-letter tar options. Use this to extract your .tgz file:

    tar --extract --file /path/to/file.tgz

    The explanation of used options was purposedly left out.

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  3. Open the terminal and use the cd command to change directories to the directory where the mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz file is located and the run the following command:

    tar xzf mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz

    The above command will extract the contents of the mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz archive while preserving the archive's hierarchical tree directory structure.

    A similar command extracts .tar.xz files. Open the terminal and the run the following command:

    tar -xf /path/to/your/file.tar.xz

    Explanation:

    • -x extract files from an archive
    • -f use archive file
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