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> Look at the file name. If the filename is like whatever.tar.gz or > whatever.tgz then you enter: > tar -xzvf [filename] If you're on a UNIX whose tar does not support the -z option, or if you just like pipe operators, then you can do this: gunzip < file.tar.gz | tar -xvf - > You may have a filename that looks like whatever.tar.bz2 . This is > another compressed file. You must first run bzip on it then use tar -xvf > [filename] to extract it. I've never used bzip, but I imagine it will work directly from stdin/stout like gzip, so I guess that this would work (someone correct me if this won't work, I don't have bzip here): bunzip < file.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf - > tar has many more options and a reading of the tar man page is > definately a good idea. Yup. One useful option is -t, which lets you just print a list of files in the archive without actually extracting them. This prints out a list of the files in the archive, sorted by file size: gunzip < mystuff.tar.gz | tar -tvf - | sort -rnk3 -- ##-------------------------------- ## John Nolan ## jpnolan op net ##-------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug