A tar.gz is a tar file inside a gzip file, so 1st you must unzip the gzip file with gunzip -d filename.tar.gz , and then use tar to untar it. However, since gunzip says it isn't in gzip format, you can see what format it is in with file filename.tar.gz, and use the appropriate program to open it.
I typically do: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz my_directory What if I just want to include everything (including any hidden system files) in my_directory, but not the directory itself? I don't want:
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I wonder how to list the content of a tar file only down to some level? I understand tar tvf mytar.tar will list all files, but sometimes I would like to only see directories down to some level.
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I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? I have tried tar cf - file | xz file.tar.xz, but that does not work.
Sometimes, you want to extract files with the * in the name. For example: tar -xf abc.tar.gz 'src/prog/name.' would extract files such as src/prog/bigname.c, src/prog/smallname.h; the single quotes prevent the shell from expanding the * and tar does indeed expand it.
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The message is saying that, in your current directory (which I assume is your home directory, when you start your bash shell in default manner), there is no file such as lammps-stable.tar.gz. To solve this, I will break the problem in two steps. (1) First find where is the "lammps-stable.tar.gz" (2) Use the full path (obtained in step 1) and give it to tar command How to get these. Folder ...