Title : Using TAR with Bunzip2 files 
Date : 2007-03-08 
Code : Bunzipping and then unTARring in two steps is not convenient.

It is not necessary to use Bunzip2 and then TAR to unzip a file in two separate steps.

Tar will do the job on its own if the -j switch is used, thus:

tar xjvf linux-source<version>.tar.bz2

By the same token, you may use the -z switch with a gzipped file, e.g.

tar zxvf linux-source<version>.tar.gz

Enjoy! 
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