List files in tar file:
tar -tf filename.tar.gz
tar -tvf filename.tar.gz
Create tar.gz file:
zzh@ZUBT:~$ tar -czvf aaa.tar.gz aaa aaa/ aaa/a.txt
Extract a file called etc/default/sysstat from config.tar.gz tarball:
$ tar -ztvf config.tar.gz $ tar -zxvf config.tar.gz etc/default/sysstat $ tar -xvf {tarball.tar} {path/to/file}
Extract a tar file to a specific directory:
-C, --directory=DIR
Change to DIR before performing any operations. This option is order-sensitive, i.e. it affects all options that follow.
zzh@ZUBT:~$ tar -zxvf aaa.tar.gz --directory bbb (this directory must exist) aaa/ aaa/b.txt aaa/a.txt zzh@ZUBT:~$ cd bbb zzh@ZUBT:~/bbb$ ll total 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 zzh zzh 4096 Jun 11 20:33 aaa
Extract a specific file to a specific directory:
-C, --directory=DIR
Change to DIR before performing any operations. This option is
order-sensitive, i.e. it affects all options that follow.
zzh@ZUBT:~$ tar -zxvf aaa.tar.gz -C ccc aaa/a.txt zzh@ZUBT:~$ cd ccc zzh@ZUBT:~/ccc$ ll drwxrwxr-x 2 zzh zzh 4096 Jun 11 20:55 aaa zzh@ZUBT:~/ccc$ cd aaa zzh@ZUBT:~/ccc/aaa$ ll -rw-rw-r-- 1 zzh zzh 4 Jun 11 20:20 a.txt
