Extract tar with multiple tars inside?
Is there a way to untar a file with multiple tars inside? It's suppose to just untar everything inside including untarring the tars inside the tar... With windows it does it, quite annoying I can't figure it out on linux... Here is what I am doing:
# tar -xvf socialengine4.0.5p1.tar
core-base-4.0.5.tar
core-install-4.0.7.tar
external-autocompleter-4.0.0.tar
external-calendar-4.0.1.tar
external-chootools-4.0.3.tar
external-fancyupload-4.0.1.tar
external-firebug-4.0.0.tar
external-flowplayer-4.0.0.tar
external-moocomet-4.0.0.tar
external-moocrop-4.0.0.tar
external-moolasso-4.0.0.tar
external-mootools-4.0.2.tar
external-mootree-4.0.0.tar
external-open-flash-chart-4.0.0.tar
external-smoothbox-4.0.0.tar
external-swfobject-4.0.0.tar
external-tagger-4.0.2.tar
external-tinymce-4.0.2.tar
library-engine-4.0.5.tar
library-facebook-4.0.0.tar
library-ofc-4.0.0.tar
library-pear-4.0.1.tar
library-scaffold-4.0.3.tar
module-activity-4.0.5p1.tar
module-announcement-4.0.3.tar
module-authorization-4.0.5.tar
module-core-4.0.5.tar
module-fields-4.0.5p1.tar
module-invite-4.0.3.tar
module-messages-4.0.5.tar
module-network-4.0.5p1.tar
module-storage-4.0.4.tar
module-user-4.0.5.tar
widget-rss-4.0.2.tar
widget-weather-4.0.0.tar
changelog.html
[root@D18634 se4]# ls -l
total 36980
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 27188 Oct 8 15:39 changelog.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 359424 Oct 8 16:13 core-base-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 1122304 Oct 8 16:13 core-install-4.0.7.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 38400 Oct 8 16:13 external-autocompleter-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 100352 Oct 8 16:13 external-calendar-4.0.1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 31232 Oct 8 16:13 external-chootools-4.0.3.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 66560 Oct 8 16:13 external-fancyupload-4.0.1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 85504 Oct 8 16:13 external-firebug-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 216576 Oct 8 16:13 external-flowplayer-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 11776 Oct 8 16:13 external-moocomet-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 16384 Oct 8 16:13 external-moocrop-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 27648 Oct 8 16:13 external-moolasso-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 1445376 Oct 8 16:13 external-mootools-4.0.2.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 45568 Oct 8 16:13 external-mootree-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 330240 Oct 8 16:13 external-open-flash-chart-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 43008 Oct 8 16:13 external-smoothbox-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 18432 Oct 8 16:13 external-swfobject-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 19968 Oct 8 16:13 external-tagger-4.0.2.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 5711360 Oct 8 16:13 external-tinymce-4.0.2.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 1230848 Oct 8 16:13 library-engine-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 28672 Oct 8 16:13 library-facebook-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 125952 Oct 8 16:13 library-ofc-4.0.0.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 1715200 Oct 8 16:13 library-pear-4.0.1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 340480 Oct 8 16:13 library-scaffold-4.0.3.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 354304 Oct 8 16:13 module-activity-4.0.5p1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 327680 Jan 8 02:37 module-albums-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 80896 Oct 8 16:13 module-announcement-4.0.3.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 147456 Oct 8 16:13 module-authorization-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 2643968 Oct 8 16:13 module-core-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 665600 Jan 8 02:37 module-events-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 377344 Oct 8 16:13 module-fields-4.0.5p1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 501760 Jan 8 02:37 module-forum-4.0.5p1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 81408 Oct 8 16:14 module-invite-4.0.3.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 147968 Oct 8 16:14 module-messages-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 111616 Oct 8 16:14 module-network-4.0.5p1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 99840 Oct 8 16:14 module-storage-4.0.4.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 844288 Oct 8 16:14 module-user-4.0.5.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18094080 Jan 8 02:40 socialengine4.0.5p1.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 12288 Oct 8 16:14 widget-rss-4.0.2.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 13824 Oct 8 16:14 widget-weather-4.0.0.tar
Unix tar only works on one tar file at a time, so you have to generate a list and untar each one separately. You can try
tar -xvf socialengine4.0.5p1.tar |grep '\.tar$' | xargs -n 1 | tar -xvf