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[Scott]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Kaushik Chauhan wrote:
>
>> Anyone know how to open following file ?
>> ( I am new to linux )
>>
>> rhel-rg-en-4.tbz
>
>
> This is like a zip file in Windows, in that it contains a bunch of 
> files collected together and then compressed.
>
> You can extract the files like this:
> $ tar xvfj rhel-rg-en-4.tbz
> You'll see the names of the files as they are extracted.
>
> (the "$" above represents the shell prompt - the command you type 
> starts with "tar")
>
> Paul.
>
the "f" argument must be last  before filename (which is what the f 
stands for) with tar, so use instead

tar  xjvf rhel-rg-en-4.tbz

Scott