How to Extract File tar.gz, tar.xz, tar.bz2, zip On Linux

Maybe after download files, it make in archives with extentions tar.gz, tar.z, tar.bz2, zip. Before open the file you must extract it first, now you can follow this step to extract this.

Extract File tar.xz

1. Open the terminal, and change directory is file located
2. And type this command

tar xvf name's_file.tar.xz

3. Now you can see new folder in same directory.

Extract File tar.gz

1. Open Terminal, and change directory is file located
2. Type this command on terminal

tar -xzf name's_file.tar.gz

or

tar -xvzf name's_file.tar.gz

3. And see new folder in same directory

Extract File tar.bz2

1. Open Terminal, and change directory is file located
2. Type this command on terminal

tar -xjf name's_file.tar.bz2

or

 tar -xvhf name's_file.tar.bz2

3. And see new folder in same directory

Extract File .zip

1. Open Terminal
2. Type this command on terminal

unzip name's_file.zip

3. And see new folder in same directory

Ok, this way to exctract file archive on linux, maybe usefull and thank you for visit this article.

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