one of the very first thing in tar's man page is an example of how to extract a file: https://linux.die.net/man/1/tar https://linux.die.net/man/1/tar but what

one of the very first thing in tar's man page is an example of how to extract a file: https://linux.die.net/man/1/tar https://linux.die.net/man/1/tar but what evs. sometimes the man page is the thing, sometimes not.