Frequently Asked Questions About Linux / UNIX » gnu tar http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linux / UNIX: Untar / Extract a .lzma Tar Ballhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/open-extract-lzma-under-rhel-centos-debian-ubuntu/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/open-extract-lzma-under-rhel-centos-debian-ubuntu/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:33:48 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=8735 I’ve downloaded a file called file.tar.lzma tar ball from the Internet but I am not able to open tar ball. How do I open or extract a .lzma file under Linux or UNIX like operating systems using command line options?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/open-extract-lzma-under-rhel-centos-debian-ubuntu/feed/ 1 Tar Extract a Single File(s) From a Large Tarballhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:02:41 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=2660 Q. I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? How do I extract specific files under Linux / UNIX operating systems?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/feed/ 16 Linux tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Invalid argument error and solutionhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tar-devst0-cannot-write-invalid-argument/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tar-devst0-cannot-write-invalid-argument/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:05 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1086 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tar-devst0-cannot-write-invalid-argument/feed/ 1 List the contents of a tar.bz2http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-list-display-contents-of-tarbz2/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-list-display-contents-of-tarbz2/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:36:48 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=2621 Q. How do I list the contents of a tar.bz2 file under Linux or UNIX operating systems using a shell prompt?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-list-display-contents-of-tarbz2/feed/ 1 UNIX / Linux Decompress tgz / tar.gz Fileshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/decompress-tgz-targz-files/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/decompress-tgz-targz-files/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:13:41 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1101 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/decompress-tgz-targz-files/feed/ 0 Linux / UNIX command to open .gz fileshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-compress-expand-gz-files/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-compress-expand-gz-files/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:26:27 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-compress-expand-gz-files/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-compress-expand-gz-files/feed/ 7 Verify tar command tape backup under Linux or UNIXhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-verify-tape-backup/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-verify-tape-backup/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:12:10 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-verify-tape-backup/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-verify-tape-backup/feed/ 12 List the contents of a tar or tar.gz filehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/list-the-contents-of-a-tar-or-targz-file/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/list-the-contents-of-a-tar-or-targz-file/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:01:49 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/list-the-contents-of-a-tar-or-targz-file/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/list-the-contents-of-a-tar-or-targz-file/feed/ 14