> Extract tar.gz in new directory: tar zxvf package.tar.gz -C new_dir
For quick reference, since it seems to be hard[1], these are the flags you'll most need in tar:
c = create
x = extract
v = verbose
z = gzipped; compressed.
f = file
So for example `tar xf example.tar` will extract that tar file. Or `tar cf example.tar .` will pack all files in the current directory to example.tar. For compression and verbosity, it would be `tar zvcf example.tar.gz .`. The .gz at the end is optional, but now others can see what kind of archive it is. Extract .tar.gz files with `tar xzf example.tar.gz`.
For bonus points, here is a poor man's version of scp/rsync:
# sending computer
tar czf - . | openssl aes-128-cbc -k 'secret' | nc -l 1
# receiving computer
nc 192.168.1.102 1 | openssl aes-128-cbc -d -k 'secret' | tar xf -
[1] Obligatory xkcd
https://xkcd.com/1168/Edit: replaced all asterisks with a period (.) since it would become italics. Tar is recursive by default, so it should work the same.
For quick reference, since it seems to be hard[1], these are the flags you'll most need in tar:
So for example `tar xf example.tar` will extract that tar file. Or `tar cf example.tar .` will pack all files in the current directory to example.tar. For compression and verbosity, it would be `tar zvcf example.tar.gz .`. The .gz at the end is optional, but now others can see what kind of archive it is. Extract .tar.gz files with `tar xzf example.tar.gz`.For bonus points, here is a poor man's version of scp/rsync:
[1] Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/1168/Edit: replaced all asterisks with a period (.) since it would become italics. Tar is recursive by default, so it should work the same.