Unix Untar a File Into a Directory

tar, unix

Solution

Add the `-C` option (or `--directory`, it is the same):

tar –xzf filename.tgz -C /target/directory

From `man tar`:

-C, --directory DIR

change to directory DIR

Problem

I am trying to decompress a tar (.TGZ) file, but want to decompress it into a new directory called `newdir`. The command I am using to decompress is: `tar –xzf filename.tgz` How can I expand that to decompress it into `newdir`?

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