Using the tar (the Tape Archiver) command:
tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2
The options used are:
x - extract v - verbose output (lists all files as they are extracted) j - deal with bzipped file f - read from a file, rather than a tape device
Using the tar (the Tape Archiver) command:
tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2
The options used are:
x - extract v - verbose output (lists all files as they are extracted) j - deal with bzipped file f - read from a file, rather than a tape device