You have a gzip compressed archive data.tar.gz and want to extract only the file report.txt from it. Which command is correct?

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Linux CLI - Archiving and Compression

You have a gzip compressed archive data.tar.gz and want to extract only the file report.txt from it. Which command is correct?

Atar -xvf data.tar.gz report.txt

Btar -tvf data.tar.gz report.txt

Ctar -czvf data.tar.gz report.txt

Dtar -xzvf data.tar.gz report.txt

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Identify extraction with gzip
Use -x to extract and -z for gzip compressed archives.
Step 2: Specify file to extract
Adding report.txt extracts only that file from the archive.
Final Answer:
tar -xzvf data.tar.gz report.txt -> Option D
Quick Check:
Extract single file from gzip archive = B [OK]

Quick Trick: Add filename after archive to extract specific file [OK]

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