Would you like to learn how to extract a file or directory from a TAR archive? In this tutorial, we are going to extract specific files from a large TAR file.
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Tutorial Linux – Extracting files or directories from a TAR archive
Create a large TAR file.
List the content of the TAR file.
List the content of a specific directory in the TAR file.
Search for files in the TAR file.
Extract a file from the TAR archive.
Extract multiple files from the TAR archive.
Extract a directory from the TAR archive.
Extract multiple directories from the TAR archive.
Congratulations! You are able to extract files or directories from a TAR archive.
