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How to view .tar file in unix
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Could anyone let me know, how we can see the contents of .tar file without extracting it.

I know the extracting and combine options
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Guys,
Could anyone let me know, how we can see the contents of .tar file without extracting it.

I know the extracting and combine options
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Code:
tar -tvf name.tar
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Try man tar (or any command)
This will give you stacks of info about the command, .... and look at the examples. sometime's you get lucky.
You could also try man man.

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