unpack 'tar' but change directory name to extract to
tar -tf filename.tar
folder1/file
folder1/name
[...]
I'd like to extract file and name to, folder2. Can this be done as a one-liner?
tar
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tar -tf filename.tar
folder1/file
folder1/name
[...]
I'd like to extract file and name to, folder2. Can this be done as a one-liner?
tar
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
1,11531832
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tar -tf filename.tar
folder1/file
folder1/name
[...]
I'd like to extract file and name to, folder2. Can this be done as a one-liner?
tar
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
1,11531832
tar -tf filename.tar
folder1/file
folder1/name
[...]
I'd like to extract file and name to, folder2. Can this be done as a one-liner?
tar
tar
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
1,11531832
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
1,11531832
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
1,11531832
asked May 30 '10 at 0:32
Felipe AlvarezFelipe Alvarez
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Use -C and --strip-components (See man tar).
Example:
mkdir FOLDER
# for remote tar file
curl -L ’remote_tar_file' | tar -xz - -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
# for local tar file
tar -xzf FILENAME -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
Explanation:
The -C flag assumes a directory is already in place so the contents of the tar file can be expanded into it. hence the mkdir FOLDER.
The --strip-components flag is used when a tar file would naturally expand itself into a folder, let say, like github where it examples to repo-name-master folder. Of course you wouldn’t need the first level folder generated here so --strip-components set to 1 would automatically remove that first folder for you. The larger the number is set the deeper nested folders are removed.
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
I readman tar. Didn't spot--strip-components. nice one
– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
add a comment |
You can also use the --transform option for a bit more flexibility. It accepts any sed replacement (s) operation.
For example, this is how I extract a Linux tarball to a new directory so I can apply a patch:
tar -xjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 --transform 's/linux-2.6.38/linux-2.6.38.1/'
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
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Use -C and --strip-components (See man tar).
Example:
mkdir FOLDER
# for remote tar file
curl -L ’remote_tar_file' | tar -xz - -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
# for local tar file
tar -xzf FILENAME -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
Explanation:
The -C flag assumes a directory is already in place so the contents of the tar file can be expanded into it. hence the mkdir FOLDER.
The --strip-components flag is used when a tar file would naturally expand itself into a folder, let say, like github where it examples to repo-name-master folder. Of course you wouldn’t need the first level folder generated here so --strip-components set to 1 would automatically remove that first folder for you. The larger the number is set the deeper nested folders are removed.
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
I readman tar. Didn't spot--strip-components. nice one
– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
add a comment |
Use -C and --strip-components (See man tar).
Example:
mkdir FOLDER
# for remote tar file
curl -L ’remote_tar_file' | tar -xz - -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
# for local tar file
tar -xzf FILENAME -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
Explanation:
The -C flag assumes a directory is already in place so the contents of the tar file can be expanded into it. hence the mkdir FOLDER.
The --strip-components flag is used when a tar file would naturally expand itself into a folder, let say, like github where it examples to repo-name-master folder. Of course you wouldn’t need the first level folder generated here so --strip-components set to 1 would automatically remove that first folder for you. The larger the number is set the deeper nested folders are removed.
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
I readman tar. Didn't spot--strip-components. nice one
– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
add a comment |
Use -C and --strip-components (See man tar).
Example:
mkdir FOLDER
# for remote tar file
curl -L ’remote_tar_file' | tar -xz - -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
# for local tar file
tar -xzf FILENAME -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
Explanation:
The -C flag assumes a directory is already in place so the contents of the tar file can be expanded into it. hence the mkdir FOLDER.
The --strip-components flag is used when a tar file would naturally expand itself into a folder, let say, like github where it examples to repo-name-master folder. Of course you wouldn’t need the first level folder generated here so --strip-components set to 1 would automatically remove that first folder for you. The larger the number is set the deeper nested folders are removed.
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
Use -C and --strip-components (See man tar).
Example:
mkdir FOLDER
# for remote tar file
curl -L ’remote_tar_file' | tar -xz - -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
# for local tar file
tar -xzf FILENAME -C FOLDER --strip-components=1
Explanation:
The -C flag assumes a directory is already in place so the contents of the tar file can be expanded into it. hence the mkdir FOLDER.
The --strip-components flag is used when a tar file would naturally expand itself into a folder, let say, like github where it examples to repo-name-master folder. Of course you wouldn’t need the first level folder generated here so --strip-components set to 1 would automatically remove that first folder for you. The larger the number is set the deeper nested folders are removed.
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
edited Jan 26 at 14:59
Felipe Alvarez
1,11531832
1,11531832
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
answered May 30 '10 at 0:52
MarianMarian
81369
81369
I readman tar. Didn't spot--strip-components. nice one
– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
add a comment |
I readman tar. Didn't spot--strip-components. nice one
– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
I read
man tar. Didn't spot --strip-components. nice one– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
I read
man tar. Didn't spot --strip-components. nice one– Felipe Alvarez
May 30 '10 at 6:25
1
1
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-components. Maybe problem here?
– Mikhail Moskalev
Jun 26 '11 at 7:42
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
I'd upvote this if it gave an example and not just the switches, as the online manual states, 3 argument styles give rise to confusion.
– Iain
Jul 22 '14 at 14:45
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
Forgot the -f on tar -xz, me thinks. Failed for me. I thought I'd been using that for no reason all this time...
– John Carrell
Dec 4 '18 at 20:14
add a comment |
You can also use the --transform option for a bit more flexibility. It accepts any sed replacement (s) operation.
For example, this is how I extract a Linux tarball to a new directory so I can apply a patch:
tar -xjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 --transform 's/linux-2.6.38/linux-2.6.38.1/'
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
add a comment |
You can also use the --transform option for a bit more flexibility. It accepts any sed replacement (s) operation.
For example, this is how I extract a Linux tarball to a new directory so I can apply a patch:
tar -xjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 --transform 's/linux-2.6.38/linux-2.6.38.1/'
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
add a comment |
You can also use the --transform option for a bit more flexibility. It accepts any sed replacement (s) operation.
For example, this is how I extract a Linux tarball to a new directory so I can apply a patch:
tar -xjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 --transform 's/linux-2.6.38/linux-2.6.38.1/'
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
You can also use the --transform option for a bit more flexibility. It accepts any sed replacement (s) operation.
For example, this is how I extract a Linux tarball to a new directory so I can apply a patch:
tar -xjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 --transform 's/linux-2.6.38/linux-2.6.38.1/'
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
answered Mar 24 '11 at 22:30
TomTom
16015
16015
add a comment |
add a comment |
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