From 74f842838efa9d463ef2b28ee6dc5c30c7f2a7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: prashant Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 07:47:35 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] add explaination for options used with tar (#29449) options used with "tar" depends on the archive type, added reference for manpage of tar x - to extract files from an archive v - show verbose output f - use archive file or device ARCHIVE --- .../index.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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.`