How can I dump a list of the contents of a *.tgz to a text file without extracting it (Ubuntu)?

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I have a huge (100+GB) *.tgz archive and I would like to dump its contents (paths and filenames) into a text file. I know how to list them in the terminal:

tar -ztvf my-data.tar.gz

...but I can't figure out how to get the list into a text file.

Thanks for your help :)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '20 at 12:26

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Just use something like: tar -ztvf my-data.tar.gz > fileswithin.txt

answered Aug 28 '20 at 12:26

Zachucks

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How can I dump a list of the contents of a *.tgz to a text file without extracting it (Ubuntu)?

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