Un .tar.gz ing a file using command line [Archive]

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Eraserhead

Jul 17, 2006, 05:41 AM

Hello

Does anyone know how to un .tar.gz a file using the command line, unfortunately I am not at my Mac atm, and when accessing it remotely only have command line access.

Thanks

Eraserhead

risc

Jul 17, 2006, 05:48 AM

tar zxvf foo.tar.gz

Eraserhead

Jul 17, 2006, 10:04 AM

Cheers! That works perfectly.

Palad1

Jul 17, 2006, 02:30 PM

you can shave off the v if you don't want to see the file listing as well.