what does -zxvf mean in tar -zxvf <filename>? [closed]

Question

I have seen on many websites commands like this what does the "-zxvf" or the similar commands stand for?

tar -zxvf <filename>  tar xvf <filename> 

Answer 1

• z means (un)z̲ip.
• x means ex̲tract files from the archive.
• v means print the filenames v̲erbosely.
• f means the following argument is a f̱ilename.

For more details, see tar's man page.