How To Extract or Unzip Tar Gz File in Linux

To unzip the tar.gz archive, use the tar command with the -xzvf options followed by the archive’s filename.

Here’s the breakdown of the options:

-x: Extract the files from the archive.
-z: Use gzip compression.
-v: Verbose mode (optional but provides more information).
-f: Specify the archive file to be extracted.

The basic syntax is:

tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz

So, for example, if your archive is named “myarchive.tar.gz,” you would run:

tar -xzvf myarchive.tar.gz