Type man tar for more information, but this command should do the trick: tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz To explain a little further, tar collected all the files into one package, …

I wonder how to list the content of a tar file only down to some level? I understand tar tvf mytar.tar will list all files, but sometimes I would like to only see directories down to some level.

Dec 19, 2013 · I want to see the contents (list of files and folders) of an archive, for example a tar.gz file without extracting it. Are there any methods for doing that?

May 26, 2011 · 1391 To extract an archive to a directory different from the current, use the -C, or --directory, tar option, as in tar -xf archive.tar -C /target/directory Note that the target directory has to …

I typically do: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz my_directory What if I just want to include everything (including any hidden system files) in my_directory, but not the directory itself? I don't want:

Jan 28, 2021 · The .tar created from docker save provides a ton of context that is lost when imported with docker import -- using docker load -i instead maintains that context and allows the image to be …

Apr 26, 2010 · A tar file is uncompressed until/unless it is filtered through another program, such as gzip, bzip2, lzip, compress, lzma, etc. The file size of the tar file is the same as the extracted files, with …

Jun 12, 2009 · I have tens of thousands. I'm beginning to think the only solution is to create a file with a list of files/folders to be excluded, then use rsync with --exclude-from=file to copy all the files to a tmp …

The tar man page is extremely unhelpful for this option (at least on RedHat 5.4 thru 6.3): "-T: get names to extract or create from file F". "Extract or create" sounds like it applies to taking files out of the tar …

Mar 13, 2013 · I have created a tar.gz file (using the GUI, not the command line). How can I update it with a command that new files are added and modified files are updated, too?