Typical Unix tar syntax:
tar -xf file.name.tar -C /path/to/directory

GNU/tar Linux syntax:
tar xf file.tar -C /path/to/directory

OR
tar xf file.tar --directory /path/to/directory

 

Where,

• x : Extract files
• f : Tar archive name
• --directory : Set directory name to extract files
• -C : Set dir name to extract files
• -z : Work on .tar.gz (gzip) file format
• -j : Work on .tar.bz2 (bzip2) file format
• -J (capital J) : Work on .tar.xz (xz) file format
• -v : Verbose output i.e. show progress on screen

 

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Where,

• x : Extract files
• f : Tar archive name
• --directory : Set directory name to extract files
• -C : Set dir name to extract files
• -z : Work on .tar.gz (gzip) file format
• -j : Work on .tar.bz2 (bzip2) file format
• -J (capital J) : Work on .tar.xz (xz) file format (see how to extract tar.xz files in Linux for more details)
• -v : Verbose output i.e. show progress on screen