Get a single file from a tar archive?

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Subject: Get a single file from a tar archive?
From: Rob Hudson <rob@eugene.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:48:57 -0800
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Anyone know of a way to do this?

I need a single file out of a 1.6GB tar archive.  It takes a _long_
time to untar|ungzip the archive.  Is there a way to get that one file
out if I know the exact name of it?

Thanks,
Rob

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