The syntax tar command as below:
tar OPTION File_NameWith OPTION:
- t, --list : List the contents of an archive
- v : Verbosely list files processed
- j : Filter archive through bzip2
- f : filename
List the contents of .tar.gz file
To use tar command for .tar.gz as following:$ tar -tvf links-2.12.tar.gzThe output of links-2.12.tar.gz file as below:
-rwxr--r-- 1000/1000 1215 2001-10-05 14:03 links-2.12/mailcap.pl
-rwxr-xr-- 1000/1000 4654 2015-06-28 22:13 links-2.12/rebuild
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 461 2003-05-06 01:10 links-2.12/links_16x16_1.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 2410 2003-05-06 01:10 links-2.12/links_32x32.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 3847 2005-03-01 00:16 links-2.12/links-48x48.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 1045 2015-08-01 04:30 links-2.12/mk-release-os2
-rwxr-xr-x 1000/1000 1574 2015-07-25 23:53 links-2.12/mk-release-win
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 978 2015-08-22 22:08 links-2.12/mk-dos
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 6413 2015-07-25 23:53 links-2.12/links.nsi
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 6521 2015-07-25 23:53 links-2.12/links64.nsi
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 4630 2015-09-21 04:37 links-2.12/INSTALL
List content specified
$ tar -tvf links-2.12.tar.gz | grep links_16x16_1.xpmThe output as below:
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 461 2003-05-06 01:10 links-2.12/links_16x16_1.xpm
List the contents of .tar.bz2 file
To use tar command for .tar.bz2 as following:$ tar -jtvf links-2.14.tar.bz2The output as below:
-rwxr--r-- 1000/1000 1215 2001-10-05 14:03 links-2.14/mailcap.pl
-rwxr-xr-- 1000/1000 4654 2016-05-01 21:31 links-2.14/rebuild
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 461 2003-05-06 01:10 links-2.14/links_16x16_1.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 2410 2003-05-06 01:10 links-2.14/links_32x32.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 3847 2005-03-01 00:16 links-2.14/links-48x48.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 1048 2016-06-17 05:45 links-2.14/mk-release-os2
-rwxr-xr-x 1000/1000 1647 2016-11-03 00:54 links-2.14/mk-release-win
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 967 2016-06-20 01:55 links-2.14/mk-dos
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 7334 2016-11-03 00:54 links-2.14/links.nsi
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 7444 2016-11-03 00:54 links-2.14/links64.nsi
-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 4630 2016-11-27 03:58 links-2.14/INSTALL
man page for tar command
$ man tar
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