How can you extract a file to a specific directory on Linux?

In Linux, you can use the tar command to extract a file to a specified directory. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Open the terminal.
2. Change directory
3. Can you please go to the directory /home/user/?

cd /home/user/

1. tar
2. compressed file containing multiple files
3. The destination folder is located in the user’s home directory.

tar -zxvf file.tar.gz -C /home/user/destination/

In the command above, the -z flag is used for decompressing .tar.gz files, the -x flag indicates decompressing files, the -v flag is used to display a detailed decompression process, the -f flag specifies the file to be decompressed, and the -C flag is used to specify the target directory for decompression.
4. Wait for the decompression to complete. Once the decompression is done, the files will be decompressed into the specified directory.

Please note that the file names and directory paths in the above commands should be modified according to the actual situation.