The GNU version of the tar archiving utility

-x, --extract, --get
      extract files from an archive

-v, --verbose
      verbosely list files processed

-f, --file ARCHIVE
      use archive file or device ARCHIVE

-z, --gzip, --gunzip --ungzip

tar [-] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d --diff --compare | --delete | r --append | t --list |
    --test-label | u --update | x --extract --get [options] [pathname ...]