diff --git a/guide/english/linux/how-to-extract-or-decompress-a-compressed-file-in-linux/index.md b/guide/english/linux/how-to-extract-or-decompress-a-compressed-file-in-linux/index.md index 5649caf13e..44a491430f 100644 --- a/guide/english/linux/how-to-extract-or-decompress-a-compressed-file-in-linux/index.md +++ b/guide/english/linux/how-to-extract-or-decompress-a-compressed-file-in-linux/index.md @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Step 1: To Know the file type
`file File-Name` Step 2: To Decompress a tar file
+Here options used with "tar" depends on the archive type, use `man tar` for more details on how to use tar cammand. +x - to extract files from an archive +v - show verbose output +f - use archive file or device ARCHIVE + `tar xvf File-Name -C /Directory-Location` `We Use (-C) for specific directory if we do not use (-C) then it automatically extract to current directory.`