1

I have a large tar file but it could not be downloaded completely as the browser crashed when verifying the download. Is it possible to extract some files from this tar?

I am able to view the files using tar -tf abc.tar and this shows the directories and folders

a/
a/b/
a/b/1
a/b/2

However if I use tar -zxvf abc.tar a/b/1 it gives

tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open abc.tar

Is there any way to only extract the available files in the tar in such a case?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
0

The archive isn’t compressed, so you need to drop the -z flag:

tar -xvf abc.tar a/b/1

However

Failed to open abc.tar

suggests that the tarball itself is no longer there.

Improve this answer
0

You must log in to answer this question.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.