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Tar Command: Extract A Compressed Archive File Into The Current Directory Verbosely
An engineer would use the command 'tar xvf {{path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}' when they need to extract the contents of a compressed archive file into the current directory while also wanting detailed output about the files being extracted. Exact CLI syntax to extract a compressed archive file into the current directory verbosely using Tar.
When to use this: An engineer would use the command 'tar xvf {{path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}' when they need to extract the contents of a compressed archive file into the current directory while also wanting detailed output about the files being extracted.
Command Syntax
tar xvf <path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]>tar xvf <path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]>Command Breakdown
tar is the base executable for this command.
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Purpose: Exact syntax to extract a compressed archive file into the current directory verbosely using Tar.
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