penreturnsbackup: How to unpack rar, zip, tar.gz, bz2, tar.bz2 (Ubuntu)

Here are some commands that you can use via the terminal to extract the contents of the various archive file formats:

zip:

root@penreturns:~$ gunzip file_name.zip

rar:

First install "unrar" with this command:

root@penreturns:~$ sudo apt-get install unrar

Use now this command to unpack rar files:

root@penreturns:~$ unrar x file_name.rar

tar:

root@penreturns:~$ tar -xvf file_name.tar

tar.gz:

root@penreturns:~$ tar -vzxf file_name.tar.gz

bz2:

root@penreturns:~$ bunzip file_name.bz2

tar.bz2:

root@penreturns:~$ tar -jxvf file_name.tar.bz2

Enjoy!

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