cli-tarHow do I remove a file from a Unix tar archive?
To remove a file from a Unix tar archive, use the tar command with the --delete option.
For example, to remove file.txt from the archive archive.tar, run the following command:
tar --delete -f archive.tar file.txtThe command will delete file.txt from the archive without extracting it.
The command consists of the following parts:
tar- the command to manipulate tar archives--delete- the option to delete a file from the archive-f- the option to specify the archive filearchive.tar- the tar archive from which the file will be deletedfile.txt- the file to be deleted from the archive
For more information, see the GNU tar manual.
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