How to open a tar file in Linux | Linux in a Minute

In this Linux in a Minute video you will learn how to open a tar file in Linux. This is useful when downloading software from the Internet which is typically packaged as a tar, tgz, or tar.gz file. The method used in this video applies to most major Linux distributions including Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora.

Commands used in this video include:
tar -xvf file.tar
tar -xvzf file.tgz

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