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* This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing. | * This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing. | ||
| - | * Use the tar -C option to | + | * Use the tar -C option to specify a different directory for the resulting files. |
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| - | * If only one file needs to be | + | * If only one file needs to be split, tar with a single source file is still fine but in this case, gzip can be used as well. |
* create archives | * create archives | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| - | $ gzip -c one_large_file | split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_ | + | $ gzip -c one_large_file | split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_ |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
* uncompress | * uncompress | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| - | $ cat result_files.gz_* | gunzip -c > one_large_file | + | $ cat result_files.gz_* | gunzip -c > one_large_file |
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=== List Files Inside Tar File === | === List Files Inside Tar File === | ||
Latest revision as of 03:47, 8 February 2014
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Tar
Tar is both a file format and the programme to handle that file.
Create GZipped Tar File
$ tar -czvf tar_file_name.tar.gz input_file_or_directory_1 input_file_or_directory_2 ...
Extract GZipped Tar File
$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz
To extract file to a specific directory, use this.
$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz -C /directory/destination_directory
Create and Split Tar File into Several Files
- create archives
$ tar cz large_file_1 large_file_2 | split -b 1024MiB - result_files.tgz_
- uncompress
$ cat result_files.tgz_* | tar xz
- This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing.
- Use the tar -C option to specify a different directory for the resulting files.
- If only one file needs to be split, tar with a single source file is still fine but in this case, gzip can be used as well.
- create archives
$ gzip -c one_large_file | split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_
- uncompress
$ cat result_files.gz_* | gunzip -c > one_large_file
List Files Inside Tar File
$ tar -tzf tar_file_name.tar.gz
Create GZipped Tar with NOT GNU Tar
$ tar -cvf - input_file_or_directory_1 input_file_or_directory_2 | gzip > tar_file_name.tar.gz
-If gzip is not available, use compress instead.
Extract GZipped Tar with NOT GNU Tar
gunzip -c tar_file_name.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
-If gunzip is not available, user uncompress instead.
