The command extracts a compressed tarball file (`.tar.gz`) to a...

The command extracts a compressed tarball file (.tar.gz) to a specific directory. Here's a breakdown of this tar command:

1. tar: The command used to work with tar archives (used for extracting, compressing, or managing .tar, .tar.gz, etc.).
2. -x: Specifies extraction. It unpacks the contents of the archive.
3. -z: Indicates that the archive is compressed with gzip (for .tar.gz files).
4. -v: Enables verbose mode, which lists the files being extracted.
5. -f: Specifies the name of the tarball archive that should be extracted (/mnt/c/Users/<your-username>/Downloads/configure-wsl.tar.gz in this case).
6. -C ~/: Extracts the archive to the specified directory (~ is the home directory of the current user).

Full Explanation:

• The code will take the tarball file located at /mnt/c/Users/<your-username>/Downloads/configure-wsl.tar.gz (a file path probably referring to the Windows Subsystem for Linux environment) and extract its contents to the user's home directory (~).

Example:

If the archive contains files like:

file1.txt
folder1/file2.txt

Then the extracted results will be placed in your home directory, such as:

~/file1.txt
~/folder1/file2.txt