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Old 01-04-2006, 05:06 PM   #1
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tar count archive total

is there a flag in the tar command to count how many files the archive countains...
 
Old 01-04-2006, 05:14 PM   #2
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You could pipe the file list through the "wc" command.
tar --list <tarfile.tar> | wc -l

The -l option to "wc" counts the number of lines. This is similar to using "find ./ -type f | wc -l" to find the number of files in a directory and subdirectory.
 
  


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