- **Epistemic status:** #seedlings To extract the contents of a tar archive file that has been compressed using gzip you can use the following command: ```bash tar xzvf archive.tar.gz ``` **Arguments** - `x` : extract - `z`: gzip - `v`: verbose - `f`: use file or archive --- ## References - “Tar(1) - Linux Manual Page.” Accessed March 27, 2022. <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tar.1.html>.