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.txt

The 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 file
• archive.tar - the tar archive from which the file will be deleted
• file.txt - the file to be deleted from the archive

For more information, see the GNU tar manual.

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