Unpack

How to unpack compressed files with the various different extentions.

.tar.gz
To uncompress a .tar.gz file, execute the following command:

tar -xzfv filename.tar.gz

.gz
To uncompress a gzip file, execute the following command:

gunzip filename.txt.gz

.tar
To uncompress a tar file, execute the following command:

tar -xvf example.tar

streaming tar to another server
see Backup streaming tar

.bz2
To uncompress a bzip2 file, execute the following command: bunzip2 filename.txt.bz2

.zip
To uncompress a zip file, execut the following command:

unzip filename.zip