Categories SSH Tips & Tricks How do I extract a tar file? Post author By Mohsin Sumar Post date November 24, 2009 Using the following command in SSH, you will be able to extract files from your tar file. tar -xf file.tar Share this:Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Related Tags extract tar ← How to tar a file using SSH? → Securing PHP application from malicious scripts