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Use `--list' (`-t') to print the names of members stored in an
archive. Use a `--file=archive-name' (`-f archive-name') option just as with
`--create' (`-c') to
specify the name of the archive. For example, the archive
`afiles.tar' created in the last section could be examined with the
command `tar --list --file=afiles.tar'. The output of tar would
then be:
apple angst asparagus
The archive `bfiles.tar' would list as follows:
./baloons baboon ./bodacious
(Of course, `tar --list --file=empty-archive.tar' would produce no output.)
If you use the `--verbose' (`-v') option with `--list' (`-t'), then tar will print out a listing reminiscent of
`ls -l', showing owner, file size, and so forth.
You can also specify member names when using `--list' (`-t').
In this case, tar will only list the names of members you
identify. For example, `tar --list --file=afiles.tar apple'
would only print `apple'. It is essential when specifying
member names to tar that you give the exact member names.
For example, `tar --list --file=bfiles baloons' would produce
no output, because there is no member named `baloons', only
one named `./baloons'. While the file names `baloons' and
`./baloons' name the same file, member names are compared using
a simplistic name comparison, in which an exact match is necessary.
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