Command:

Explanation:

• tar: The command used for creating and extracting archive files.
• -x: Extracts the contents of the archive.
• -v: Verbose mode, which lists the files being extracted.
• -f: Specifies the filename of the archive.
• archive_name.tar: The name of the archive file from which you want to extract the contents. Replace archive_name with the actual name of your archive file (e.g., my_archive.tar).

Result:

This command will extract the contents of archive_name.tar into the current directory, displaying the list of files being extracted. If you wish to extract the contents to a specific directory, you can add the -C option followed by the directory path:

This will extract the files into the specified directory (/path/to/destination/).