Re: Extracting indiviual files or directories from XYZ.tar.xz - Possible?
On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 10:01:01 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> XYZ.tar.xz is only file in current directory.
> I have launched mc from the command line.
> How do I extract from XYZ.tar.xz all files that originated in directory
> /ABC/qrz/help to the current directory?
I wouldn't use mc for this, if you want it to be automated. Just use
tar directly.
tar xJf XYZ.tar.xz 'ABC/qrz/help/*'
This is of course assuming that the files are archived as ABC/qrz/help/foo.
If they are archived as ./ABC/qrz/help/foo then your pattern needs to
begin with ./ and so on.
It would help *tremendously* if you would show us the result of
tar tJvf XYZ.tar.xz | head -n10
> Side note to all:
> Before my initial post here I had Debian initiate extracting *ALL* files in
> XYZ.tar.xz to a flash drive containing only the tar file. I'm letting it
> continue as later I may need as yet unknowable files.
> YES it's slow.
Now there's a Flash drive involved? What?
Why aren't you doing this on a regular hard drive?
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