kfitfk · April 16, 2015 09:25
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 tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz

 To explain a little further, tar collected all the files into one package, community_images.tar. The gzip program applied compression, hence the gz extension. So the command does a couple things.

 f: this must be the last flag of the command, and the tar file must be immediately after. It tells tar the name and path of the compressed file.
 z: tells tar to decompress the archive using gzip
 x: tar can collect files or extract them. x does the latter.
 v: makes tar talk a lot. Verbose output shows you all the files being extracted.
	tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz

	To explain a little further, tar collected all the files into one package, community_images.tar. The gzip program applied compression, hence the gz extension. So the command does a couple things.

	f: this must be the last flag of the command, and the tar file must be immediately after. It tells tar the name and path of the compressed file.
	z: tells tar to decompress the archive using gzip
	x: tar can collect files or extract them. x does the latter.
	v: makes tar talk a lot. Verbose output shows you all the files being extracted.