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Reading files inside a TAR

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:31 pm
by m4rv5
Is it possible to read a file that is inside a TAR without extracting it? If yes, how? I've research the net but search was unsuccessful

Re: Reading files inside a TAR

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:19 pm
by Christopher
It all depends on what you mean by 'extracting'. You can pipe the output to stdout using the -O or --to-stdout option.