Unix Untar a File Into a Directory

Question

I am trying to decompress a tar (.TGZ) file, but want to decompress it into a new directory called newdir.

The command I am using to decompress is: tar –xzf filename.tgz

How can I expand that to decompress it into newdir?

Answer 1

Add the -C option (or --directory, it is the same):

tar –xzf filename.tgz -C /target/directory

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From man tar:

-C, --directory DIR

change to directory DIR