how can I list tar.gz file recursively

mia_tech · 06-15-2016, 03:06 PM

I have a tar.gz file in a remote server and I want to be able to list its content recursively. I know I can use

Code:

tar -vtf mydocs.tar.gz
myDocs/
myDocs/book1.pdf
myDocs/book2.pdf
myDocs/pictures/
myDocs/homework.odt
myDocs/class/
myDocs/book3.pdf
myDocs/finalPaper.odt

but that only list one level down. I have sub-directories class/ and pictures/ that contain data and I can't get the content listed... how can I do that?

Habitual · 06-15-2016, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mia_tech

I have sub-directories class/ and pictures/ that contain data and I can't get the content listed

That archive doesn't have any class/ or pictures/ directories in it.
How was it made and can it be re-made?

Create archive:

Code:

tar czvf file.tar.gz /etc/fail2ban/ /etc/apache2/ /path/to/one/file.ext

NOTE: Won't work for you. Just a teachable moment.

# file.tar.gz is the name (and optionally path) of the archive being created.
# /etc/fail2ban/ /etc/apache2/ /path/to/one/file.ext are paths to include in file.tar.gz
# a trailing slash indicates a directory/

Test archive:

Code:

tar ztf file.tar.gz

Search archive:

Code:

tar ztf file.tar.gz | grep <thing>

Extract archive:

Code:

tar zxf file.tar.gz

Extract thing:

Code:

tar zxf file.tar.gz| grep <thing>

rknichols · 06-15-2016, 05:40 PM

The command "tar -vtf mydocs.tar.gz" will list everything that is in that archive. If that is really the complete command that you are using, then the directories "myDocs/pictures/" and "myDocs/class/" are empty. Did you perhaps have top-level directories "pictures/" and "class/" that you didn't include in the archive?