How to view Tgz files in Linux?

2 years ago
Noah Thompson
1 minute

To view a Tgz file (also known as a tar.gz file), you can use the following command:

  1. Unzip a Tgz file using the tar command.
tar -zxvf filename.tgz

This will decompress the Tgz file and display the list of files within.

  1. View the contents of a Tgz file using the tar command.
tar -ztvf filename.tgz

This will list all files and their properties in the Tgz file.

  1. Use the zcat command to view the contents of text files in a Tgz file.
zcat filename.tgz | less

This will display the contents of specified text files in the Tgz file and allow for paging through using the less command.

With these commands, you can view the contents of Tgz files in a Linux system.

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