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How to List Archives

How to List Archives

Listing the Contents of an Archive
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   You can list the contents of the archive you just created with
another option of `tar': `--list' (`-t').  To list the contents of an
archive, type:

     % tar --list --file=records

   `tar' will respond:

     blues folk jazz

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   You can use `--list' (`-t') to output a list of the files in an
archive.  If you use file name arguments with this operation, `tar'
will look in the archive for the files specified and display their
names only if they are, in fact, stored.  You can use `--list' (`-t')
with the `--verbose' (`-v') option to find out the attributes (owner,
size, etc.) of stored files.

   You can list the contents of an archive with another operation of
`tar': `--list' (`-t').  To list the contents of the archive you just
created, type:

     % tar --list --file=records

   `tar' will respond:

     blues folk jazz

FIXME: xref Listing Archive Contents
   , for a more detailed tutorial of the `--list' (`-t') operation.
FIXME: xref Listing Contents
   , for more information about the `--list' (`-t') operation.

   In a previous example, you created the archive `music' in the home
directory.  To list the contents of `music':

   * List the contents of an archive by using `--list' (`-t') with
     `tar'.

   * Specify the name of the archive to be
     listed--`--file=ARCHIVE-NAME' (`-f ARCHIVE-NAME').

   Thus:

     % tar --list --file=music
     practice/
     practice/blues
     practice/folk
     practice/jazz
     practice/records

   Use `--list' (`-t') to print the names of files stored in an
archive.  If you use file name arguments with this operation, `tar'
prints the names of the specified files if they are stored in the
archive.  If you use a directory name as a file name argument, `tar'
also prints the names of all underlying files, including
sub-directories.  If you use no file name arguments, `tar' prints the
names of all the archive members.

   You can use `--list' (`-t') with the `--verbose' (`-v') option to
print archive members' attributes (owner, size, etc.).

   To list the names of files stored in an archive, use the `--list'
(`-t') operation of `tar'.

   In a previous example, you created the archive `~/music'.  To list
the contents of `music', while in your home directory:

   * List the contents of an archive by using {No Value For "-list"}
     with `tar'.

   * Specify the archive to be listed--`--file=ARCHIVE-NAME' (`-f
     ARCHIVE-NAME').

   Thus:

     % tar --list --file=music
     practice/
     practice/blues
     practice/folk
     practice/jazz
     practice/records