How to extract .tar.gz Files in Linux

A tarball is a group of files that are bundled together using the tar command.

Use following command line to uncompress .tar.gz file. For example, name.tar.gz
```
$ tar xvzf name.tar.gz
```
Where,
x = Tells tar to extract the files.
v = Stands for “verbose” will list all of the files one by one in the archive.
z = Tells the tar command to uncompress the file (gzip).
f = Tells tar to give it a file name to work with.
To uncompress into a different directory
```
$ tar xvzf name.tar.gz -C /path/to/directory
```
Where,
c = change the directory
To extract specificc file from .tar.gz tarball. For example, myfile.php
```
$ tar -xvzf name.tar.gz myfile.php
```
To view detailed file list
```
$ tar -tvf name.tar.gz
```

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