Tar xvf in file

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Good afternoom,
I have a file very big, when I execute

tar xvf  XXXXXX_2010.tar

, and show me this in the screen.

x XXXXXX_2010_(01_DE_18).ixf, 3330845041 bytes, 6505557 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(02_DE_18).ixf, 3336071703 bytes, 6515766 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(03_DE_18).ixf, 3333011013 bytes, 6509788 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(04_DE_18).ixf, 3333736111 bytes, 6511204 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(05_DE_18).ixf, 3334566987 bytes, 6512827 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(06_DE_18).ixf, 3337121603 bytes, 6517816 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(07_DE_18).ixf, 3337513971 bytes, 6518582 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(08_DE_18).ixf, 3328973123 bytes, 6501901 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(09_DE_18).ixf, 3334063701 bytes, 6511844 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(10_DE_18).ixf, 3335218451 bytes, 6514099 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(11_DE_18).ixf, 3331873971 bytes, 6507567 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(12_DE_18).ixf, 3334541827 bytes, 6512778 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(13_DE_18).ixf, 3332942517 bytes, 6509654 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(14_DE_18).ixf, 3331884697 bytes, 6507588 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(15_DE_18).ixf, 3333606563 bytes, 6510951 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(16_DE_18).ixf, 3334032011 bytes, 6511782 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(17_DE_18).ixf, 3331097623 bytes, 6506051 media blocks.
x XXXXXX_2010_(18_DE_18).ixf, 1834347561 bytes, 3582711 media blocks.

Somebody can explain me because the generate eighteen file.

greetings.

2

'because the generate'? I don't think that translated, come again?

Did tar work or not?

3

The tar works, what does not understand is that the tar-xvf eighteen results in the file

Greetings.

4

Because tar is an archive? (tar=tape archive)

tar tf XXXXXX_2010.tar

lists the files in the archive. 18 files in your case.

tar xf XXXXXX_2010.tar

extracts them. An extra v option is verbose.

Another (compressed) archive is zip.

unzip -l archive.zip

lists the files in the archive.