Hello Dear,

I have a tar file that contains huge number of files with huge file sizes. I don't want to extract all the files becoz of disk space issue . I want to retrieve a single file from it .

can any one tell me how to get that particular file say the file name is abc_pqr_xyz.une

I want a single command that gets the file required .

note:- assume that file extracted to be placed in the same directory of tar.


Appreciate your quick reply



thanks/mike

just specify the path and filename as it is in the tar file
If not shure about path name
tar tvf thetarfile | grep abc_pqr_xyz.une

This is also one of the ways to extract a particular file from tar


$tar -xvf <TarFileName> <FileNameToBeExtracted>