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Extract linux tar gz (Gzip) archive ,and note the The f flag must come at the end or you will get an error.
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In some scenarios, you are moving between systems and want to extract maintaining permissions of users external to yourself. In this scenario you must ensure you UIDs are the same across systems,
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sudo tar -xzvf mystuff.tgz |
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We use -x to extract the files form the tar archive
-x, –extract, –get extract files from an archive
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