Why does file extraction with tar throws the error "gzip: stdin: not in gzip format" ?

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Issue

  • When trying to extract file filename.tar.gz using tar command, it throws following error:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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