unzip .tgz files

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hi all

How to unzip .tgz files

waiting for suggestions
Praful

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tgz files are gzip compressed tar archives. You can extract them like this : tar xzf filename

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I think the previous reply may have left off something. The full command is like this:

gzip -cd <filename.tgz> | tar xvf -

You could do each commmand separately, but if your resulting tar file is too large, tar xvf will not work.

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A user may untar a compressed (gzipped) tar file with:

tar -zxvf <filename>

The z flag instructs tar to use gzip. A seperate gzip pipe is not required.

Of course, the v flag is not necessary, just makes gzip quite talkative :slight_smile:

DanielB is quite correct when he suggests that a .tgz file may be untarred with -zxf switches (only).

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My mistake, I was reading fast and read "xvf" instead of "xzf".

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Well, you may still need to gunzip it first. Some tars' (non-GNU) do not understand the z option.

YMMV