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Old 06-17-2017
I' m remember that jar command manage also zip archive and can to work with stream:
Code:
$ tar xf arch.tar --to-command="jar tv"
   283 Sat Jun 17 01:54:41 CEST 2017 fich1.txt
   204 Sat Jun 17 01:54:54 CEST 2017 fich2.txt
   487 Sat Jun 17 01:55:34 CEST 2017 fich3.txt
   974 Sat Jun 17 01:56:01 CEST 2017 fich4.txt

Regards.
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Old 06-18-2017
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Originally Posted by disedorgue
I' m remember that jar command manage also zip archive and can to work with stream:
Code:
$ tar xf arch.tar --to-command="jar tv"
   283 Sat Jun 17 01:54:41 CEST 2017 fich1.txt
   204 Sat Jun 17 01:54:54 CEST 2017 fich2.txt
   487 Sat Jun 17 01:55:34 CEST 2017 fich3.txt
   974 Sat Jun 17 01:56:01 CEST 2017 fich4.txt

Regards.
It would still be extracting and the GNU extension may not be even available.
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