Using tar with the 'r' option

[Mark Levy]

In article <771 at mccc.UUCP>, pjh at mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
> Is there anyway to get tar to extract a file from an archive file and send it
> to stdout (rather than to a file)?
> -- 
> Pete Holsberg, Professor, Technology Division


Try:
     tar xvf -   ( the '-' means stdout or stdin )

Mark
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