How To Extract a Tar Files To a Different Directory on a Linux/Unix-like Systems

To extract a tar archive to a different directory, you can use the tar command with the -C option. The -C option allows you to specify the destination directory where the files will be extracted.

Here’s an example:

In this example, the -xf options specify that the archive should be extracted (-x) and the file is compressed using gzip (-f). The -C /path/to/destination option specifies the destination directory where the files will be extracted.

Note that you can also extract other types of archive files, such as .tar, .bz2, .xz, etc. by using the appropriate options. For example, to extract a .bz2 archive, you would use the -j option: