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    Update the question with the exact command you have used to create the archive. Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 11:06
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    It probably doesn't have test.txt exactly stored as that. It might be ./test.txt or some/path/to/test.txt Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 11:12
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    So you want to extract playground/test.txt not test.txt Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 11:18
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    You can also use the TAB completion into the interactive shell. Type tar xf playground.tar <TAB> and it's like being into the directory tree. You can select the file you want. Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 11:19
  • Yea I figured it out the name of the tarball has to be in the relative path even though this is not done in the linux command line book I am following. Figures, thanks for the help Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 11:21