. tar
Unpacking: Tar xvf filename.tar pack: Tar cvf filename.tar dirname Note: Tar is packaged, not compressed! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.gz decompression 1:gunzip filename.gz decompression 2:gzip-d filename.gz compression: gzip filename~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.tar.gz and. tgz Decompression: Tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz compression: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz dirname~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. BZ2 decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz2 decompression 2:bunzip2 filename.bz2 compression: Bzip2-z filename~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ . ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.tar.bz2 decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2 compression: Tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 dirname~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ . ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.bz decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz decompression 2:bunzip2 filename.bz compression: unknown. Tar.bz decompression: Tar jxvf FILENAME.TAR.BZ compression: Unknown ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. Z Decompression: uncompress filename.z compression: Compress filename.tar.z decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tar.z compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z dirname~.~.~. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.zip Decompression: Unzip filename.zip compression: Zip filename.zip dirname~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.rar decompression: rar x Filename.rar compression: rar a filename.rar Dirname~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.lha decompression: lha-e Filename.lha compression: Lha-a Filename.lha filename~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. RPM Unpacking: Rpm2cpio filename.rpm | Cpio-div~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.deb unpacking: ar p filename.deb data.tar.gz | Tar zxf-~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.tar. tgz. tar.gz. Tar. Z. tar.bz. tar.bz2. zip. cpio. Arj. rar. Ace. Lha. Lzh. Lzx. Lzs., Arc. SDA. SFX. Lnx. Zoo. cab. Kar. cpt. P it. Sit. Sea extract: Sex x filename.* compression: Sex a filename.* FileName
Commands commonly used to extract files on Ubantu