thanx anil
p.s. i looked earlier at -t, infact i was also trying to use -x with -t. -----Original Message----- From: Willie Viljoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new bie (tar command) On Friday 21 February 2003 20:29, Anil Garg wrote: > How can i see the contents of a .tar or .tgz file without extracting > it.( i couldnt find that in man tar) tar -ztvf tarball.tgz Incidentally, this is in the man page :) -t --list List the contents of an archive; if filename arguments are given, only those files are listed, otherwise the entire table of contents is listed. > > Thanx > anil (FreeBSD user) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message