How To Open a Tar.gz File In Linux / Unix

To open a .tar.gz file (also known as a "tarball") in Linux or Unix, you can use the tar command with the xzf options.

For example, to extract the contents of the example.tar.gz file to the current directory, you can use the following command:

tar xzf example.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the tarball to the current directory. You can use the -C option to specify a different directory to extract the contents to. For example:

tar xzf example.tar.gz -C /path/to/directory

This will extract the contents of the tarball to the /path/to/directory directory.

You can also use the -v option to display a verbose output of the extraction process. For example:

tar xzvf example.tar.gz

For more information about the tar command and its options, you can refer to the tar man page or search online for tutorials and examples.