Tar Unpacking Packages

TAR, Unpacking Packages

There are packages in many different formats and I thought you would like to know all the different options for unpacking them:

.tar.gz

CODE

$ tar -xvzf package_name.tar.gz

( x= extract v=verbose z=(un)compress f=file )

.tgz

CODE

$ tar -xvzf package_name.tgz

.tar.z

CODE

$ tar -xvzf package_name.tar.z

.tar.bz2

CODE

$ tar -jxvf package_name.tar.bz2

( j=bzip2 )

.gz

CODE

$ gunzip package_name.gz

.bz2

CODE

$ bunzip2 package_name.bz2

So, now if you get a package, no need to right click it and select unpack . . . but choose the more speedy method of the commandline !

( Just for your info, to wrap a package up: “tar -cvzf package.tar.gz file1 file2 file 3” where “package is the name you want the wrap to have, and file1 etc. the files that will be in the package )

More info: tar --help.

Bruno

-- Nov 24 2003 ( Revised Dec 11 2005 ) --