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I am not able to uncompress a file with .tar.gz extension

Did
sudo tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/file.tar.gz /opt/ but no success.
it says:

tar: /opt: Not found in archive

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

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answered 2 Years ago peafowkes · Accepted Answer

You can specify in which directory you want the files extracted using the -C option. Change your command to:

sudo tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/file.tar.gz -C /opt/