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How to delete a file from tar file(archive) without untar it

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Mon, 06/14/2010 - 17:58 — Anonymous

We can do this with the tar

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 18:03 — admin

We can do this with the tar command itself using option "-f"

- f The archive file name is given on the command line , required when tar output is going to file

syntax
tar -f {file_name.tar} --delete file1 file2 file3


tar -f myfile.tar --delete index.php folder1/test/testfile.php folder2/test_folder/*

above command deletes the index.php file, testfile.php from in folder1/test and all files of folder2/ test_folder