tar command

[Nitin Nigam]

Hi
Im trying to ungzip and extract the file using tar.

txrout_14102003_host.tar.gz | gzip -d *.tar.gz | tar -xvf txrout

the above command is unzips the file but tar command is not working can someone tell me how to use tar command

thanks

[tikual]

try it

view the files:
gunzip -c *.tar.gz | tar tvf -

extract the files:
gunzip -c *.tar.gz | tar xvf -

[Rajeev Shukla]

Use
gzip -d .gz -c |tar tvf -

[robbiechen]

i did it as well:
gzcat txrout_14102003_host.tar.gz | tar xvf -

[Geoff Wild]

Did you try tar zxvf instead of gzip?

You might need to install gnu tar:

http://hpux.ee.ualberta.ca/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.13.25/

Rgds...Geoff