How to Uncompress tar.bz2 File?

[IMHost]

Hi i have download some file document.tar.bz2

but when i type tar zxf document.tar.bz2 i get error.

then i type unzip its not work too..
can help me how to uncompress that file on shell ? i have uncompress on my PC and its work using winzip but when i uploaded it its not complete in 82%.

Thanks.

[BIG_Yack]

Hello there!

You are on the right path of extracting this file, but you need to change the so called "flags" (as command-line application options are called in Linux) of the "tar" command.
Instead of using tar -zxf, use tar -xjf.

The -x stands for eXtract, -j tells the program you intend to eXtract a bzipped file and -f tells the program that it will be extracting from a file you will specify next.

In Linux, it is useful to use the "man" command. The man(ual) will list all the flags for a command and provide descriptions to help you.
For instance, try "man tar".

[IMHost]

Thank you very much bro.... its work.... sorry im new using vps...

thank you for help.

[Nevil]

Closed, please PM me if you feel this needs to be reopened.

Google also could solve that.