Unzip And Untar Those Tar.Gz Or Tar.Bz2 Files In One Step

To gunzip and untar a file in a single step, use the following—note that the z switch is the important one that tells tar to unzip it.

To use bunzip2 to extract your tar.bz2 file in a single step, use the j switch instead.

Ahh, nice and simple, just the way we like it.