{"id":12243,"date":"2024-03-14T15:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/common-commands-for-extracting-files-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:11:50","slug":"common-commands-for-extracting-files-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/common-commands-for-extracting-files-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux File Extraction Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several common commands for extracting files in Linux:<\/p>\n

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  1. tar command: used for packaging and unpacking files in tar format. The command for unpacking is: tar -xvf filename.tar<\/li>\n
  2. gzip command is used for compressing and decompressing files in gz format. To decompress, use gzip -d file name.gz or gunzip file name.gz.<\/li>\n
  3. bzip2 command: used for compressing and decompressing files in bz2 format. The decompression command is: bzip2 -d filename.bz2 or bunzip2 filename.bz2.<\/li>\n
  4. Unzip command: used for extracting zip files. The command for extracting is: unzip file name.zip.<\/li>\n
  5. 7z command: used to extract files in 7z format. The extraction command is: 7z x file name.7z.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are several commonly used decompression commands, with different file formats requiring different decompression commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There are several common commands for extracting files in Linux: tar command: used for packaging and unpacking files in tar format. The command for unpacking is: tar -xvf filename.tar gzip command is used for compressing and decompressing files in gz format. 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