Linux: tar tips and tricks
by Ali on Dec.14, 2008, under Linux
To untar a tar file:
tar xf filename.tar
To untar a tar.gz or tar.tgz (gzip) file:
tar -zxf filename.tar.(t)gz
To untar a tar.bz (bzip) file:
tar -jxf filename.tar.bz
To untar a tar.bz2 (bzip2) file:
tar -yxf filename.tar.bz2
To view a list of files in an archive:
tar -tzf filename.tar.gz
If the archive contains numerous files and you’d like to be able to view line by line:
tar -tzf filename.tar.gz | more
To untar an archive to a different directory:
tar -zxf filename.tar.gz -C <directory>
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