How to extract tar to another directory

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tar -xf files.tar -C ../../

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From the tar man page:

     -C directory, --cd directory, --directory directory
             In c and r mode, this changes the directory before adding the following files.  In x mode, change directories after opening the archive but before
             extracting entries from the archive.
  1. ↑ https://www.tecmint.com/extract-tar-files-to-specific-or-different-directory-in-linux/
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