List files in a tar file Commands Add comments Apr 122010 List files in a tar file Answer: To list all files inside a tar file, use the following command # tar tf test.tar Related posts: List hidden files in Linux List files under a directory in SVN repository How to find the largest files and directories in Linux? Auto create complete directory structure when copying files in Linux List file by date Leave a Reply Cancel reply Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>