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backup.tar is an uncompressed tar archive. Using GNU tar, list its members without extracting any files.

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$ ls

backup.tar

How do you list the archive’s contents?

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tar -tf backup.tar

tar -t lists archive members and -f selects the archive file. Extraction uses -x; keep listing and extraction distinct when reviewing an archive.

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