Using the tar command on Linux to uncompress tar.gz files with the command line.

The tar command on Linux is very useful for uncompressing files on your Linux machine. The most used command on a Linux system is uncompressing files that you have downloaded from an Internet source. The tar -xvf command will uncompress a tar.gz file. ~$ tar -xvf myfile.tar.gz~$ tar -xvf myfile.tar.gz To uncompress a tar.bz2 file … Read more

Some useful Linux tips for users that want the most out of the command-line. How to work with zipfiles.

How to unzip files into a specific directory on your system. Just type the unzip command like this: unzip [zipfile.zip] -d [directoryname] homer@deep-thought ~/Downloads $ unzip gzdoom-bin-1-8-02.zip -d myfolder/ Archive: gzdoom-bin-1-8-02.zip inflating: myfolder/fmodex.dll inflating: myfolder/gzdoom.exe inflating: myfolder/brightmaps.pk3 inflating: myfolder/gzdoom.pk3 inflating: myfolder/lights.pk3 inflating: myfolder/licenses.ziphomer@deep-thought ~/Downloads $ unzip gzdoom-bin-1-8-02.zip -d myfolder/ Archive: gzdoom-bin-1-8-02.zip inflating: myfolder/fmodex.dll inflating: myfolder/gzdoom.exe … Read more