extract one file from a tar.gz

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou can simply use the following syntax:

[root@blub ~]# tar tzvf mytar.tar.gz
That will show you the list of files in the tar. t means test
 
[root@blub ~]# tar tzvf mytar.tar.gz myfile.txt
 -rw-rw-r-- scm/scm 373093723 2010-09-17 17:58:21 myfile.txt
You can do the same with a target file and test that one specific file really belong to a tar.gz

Finally you can extract that single file.

Reading Time: < 1 minute

You can simply use the following syntax:

[root@blub ~]# tar tzvf mytar.tar.gz
That will show you the list of files in the tar. t means test
 
[root@blub ~]# tar tzvf mytar.tar.gz myfile.txt
 -rw-rw-r-- scm/scm 373093723 2010-09-17 17:58:21 myfile.txt
You can do the same with a target file and test that one specific file really belong to a tar.gz

Finally you can extract that single file.

[root@blub ~]# tar xzvf mytar.tar.gz myfile.txt
 

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