Steps
- Type at the command prompt tar xzf file.tar.gz- to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz) tar xjf file. tar. bz2 - to uncompress a bzip2 tar file (. tbz or . tar. bz2) to extract the contents. ...
- The files will be extracted in the current folder (most of the times in a folder with the name 'file-1.0').
How do you untar a file in Windows?
To unzip files
- Open File Explorer and find the zipped folder.
- To unzip the entire folder, right-click to select Extract All, and then follow the instructions.
- To unzip a single file or folder, double-click the zipped folder to open it. Then, drag or copy the item from the zipped folder to a new location.
What does it mean to untar a file?
Untar is defined as a command which enables users to extract files that are compressed with tar, tar. gz, tar. bz2 formats of compression.
