{"id":4658,"date":"2023-02-10T15:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:19:48","slug":"linux-unix-tarball-delete-remove-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-unix-tarball-delete-remove-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux \/ Unix: Tarball Delete ( remove ) File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To remove a file from a tar archive in Linux or Unix, you can use the <code>tar<\/code> command with the <code>--delete<\/code> option.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the basic syntax:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-scss\">tar <span class=\"hljs-attr\">--delete<\/span> -f &lt;tar archive file&gt; &lt;<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">file<\/span>(s) to be deleted&gt;<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For example, to delete a file named <code>file1.txt<\/code> from a tar archive <code>my_archive.tar<\/code>, you can run the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-javascript\">tar --<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">delete<\/span> -f my_archive.<span class=\"hljs-property\">tar<\/span> file1.<span class=\"hljs-property\">txt<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that this will only delete the specified file(s) from the tar archive, but it will not delete the original files in the file system. 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