To extract an entire archive, specify the archive file name only, with no individual file names as arguments. For example,
$ tar -xvf collection.tar
produces this:
-rw-rw-rw- me user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz -rw-rw-rw- me user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues -rw-rw-rw- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
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