HowTo : Unpack or Unzip .tgz file on Linux

When I start using Linux, it's really complicated and frustrating. Why I have to use commend when  I  have a GUI (Graphical User interface). I  can just go and click to open the file. Why should I use cd command? Believe me, I know this feeling very well, But I must say if you used to use Linux its dam simpler then window.

Everything is free to do you  really do not want to go to the website for  and download just a commend did for you in seconds.

If you have compressed file or normal we can say you have a zip file, then it's not hard to unzip it. Today we will learn how to unzip .tgz files or .tar.gz extension format. 

Unzipping .tgz files command

tar zxvf filename.tgz

 

Real-life example

In this case, I have file name Tools.tgz  (this has  codes)

tar zxvf Tools.tgz

Output

Sources/Python/Exercises/WordCounter/wordcount.cc
Sources/Fortran90/HelloWorld/hello1.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/basics.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/types_ops.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/ctrlstr.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/inout.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/copyfile.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/arrays.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/funcsub.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Modules/circle1/circmod.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Modules/circle2/circmod.f90
Sources/Fortran90/MoreFunctions/functions.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Exercises/MatrixProduct/Solution/matmul.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Exercises/Bubblesort/Solution/bubbsort.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/twoFiles/main.f90
Sources/Fortran90/SyntaxExamples/twoFiles/funcsub.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Modules/circle3/circmod.f90
Sources/Fortran90/Modules/circle3/circmain.f90
Sources/LangMix/CfromC++/1/main.cc

For sure in your mind, this question comes what is zxvf 

-z Decompress the contents of the compressed archive created by the program 

-x Extract files from an Archiv 

-v Verbosely list files processed 

-f Specify an archive or a tarball filename

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