tar -
z
cvf /tmp/etc.tar.
gz
/etc
tar - j cvf /tmp/etc.tar. bz2 /etc
Only decompression etc/passwd file
tar -zxvf /tmp/etc.tar.gz etc/passwd
tar - j cvf /tmp/etc.tar. bz2 /etc
Only decompression etc/passwd file
tar -zxvf /tmp/etc.tar.gz etc/passwd