Feb 14, 2009 · We have some old patches that we want to get the files from but don't wish to spend the time installing them to a machine. Can anyone advise a way to extract files from an …

Oct 27, 2024 · I have a file called filename.bz2 that I need to decompress. I have tried the command tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2, but it didn't work as the file is not a tar file. How do I …

I am using 7-Zip on Windows XP and whenever I download a .tar.gz file it takes me two steps to completely extract the file (s). I right-click on the example.tar.gz file and choose 7-Zip --> …

I am looking to use the command line 7-Zip to unzip a folder. I have a file, say example.zip and want to unzip the contents of the file into a folder called example. What are the commands I …

Apr 16, 2018 · For zipping a file, I have found this question: Can you zip a file from the command prompt using ONLY Windows' built-in capability to zip files? The answers given there are great …

4 If you need to extract a single file and write into a root-owned directory, then use sudo tee: zcat filename.conf.gz | sudo tee /etc/filename.conf >/dev/null If the file is coming from a remote …

Mar 18, 2013 · In Windows 7, I have a directory of folders which each contain files as their contents. Is there any way to extract all of the contents of each the folders to a separate …

I'm trying to create a script to extract only jpeg pictures from an archive containing many kind of files. To do so, I tried to use: tar -xf MyTar.tar *.jpg but it failed (*.jpg not found) and

Mar 25, 2014 · If I have an archive, for example, some.zip that contains one or more files, how can I extract only one file (I know the name of the file) with 7-Zip from the command line in …

Dec 28, 2018 · 5 I need to download a large zip file (200 GB), unzip it (not sure how large it will become, but assume < 1 TB), and extract a few files from it (likely < 1 GB). My hard drive can't …