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How to Extract a Tar File

This document provides 3 commands for working with tar files: tar -xvf extracts the contents of a tar file, tar -xvf with the -C option extracts a tar file to a specific directory, and rm -rf removes/deletes a specific directory.

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How to Extract a Tar File

This document provides 3 commands for working with tar files: tar -xvf extracts the contents of a tar file, tar -xvf with the -C option extracts a tar file to a specific directory, and rm -rf removes/deletes a specific directory.

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Extract or unpack a Tar File

# tar xvf [file.tar]

Extract .tar to a specific directory


# tar xvf file.tar C [specific directory]

Remove/Delete a specific directory


# rm -rf [directory]

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