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Old 10-20-2010
Extracting specific files from a tar file in HP-UX
I have tried:

Code:
tar -xfv mytarfile.tar archive/tabv/*
tar -xfv mytarfile.tar --wildcards 'archive/tabv/*'
tar -xf mytarfile.tar -v --wildcards 'archive/tabv/*'
tar -xfv mytarfile.tar --wildcards --no-anchored 'archive/tabv/*'

tar -xfv mytarfile.tar --wildcards `archive/tabv/*`

and none of them work. When I execute the command, it looks like it is working but when I check the target dirctory the files haven't been written.
The funny thing is, when I write the tar it accepts the wildcard no problem.
Last edited by vbe; 10-20-2010 at 12:04 PM.. Reason: code tags please
# 2  
Old 10-20-2010
what is the output of
Code:
tar -tvf mytarfile.tar

# 3  
Old 10-20-2010
The paths are correct.
archive/tabv/file1.txt
archive/tabv/file2.txt

and so on.
# 4  
Old 10-20-2010
How correct?
does it start with a dot?
If not, you archived using absolute path...
# 5  
Old 10-20-2010
They don't start with a dot so I tried absolute path and it still didn't work.
Should I be using single quotes or the other thing that looks kinda like a single quote.
# 6  
Old 10-21-2010
Try this: Note that the order of the parameters is "xvf" not "xfv" because the filename of the archive always follows the "f" parameter. We are using single vertical quotes to protect the asterisk from Shell because we want tar to expand the wildcard. The slanted quotes are for something completely different.
Code:
# First try this to test whether you find the right files;
tar -tvf mytarfile.tar 'archive/tabv/*'
#
# Then when you are happy, try the real extract
tar -xvf mytarfile.tar 'archive/tabv/*'

 
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