pax

Archiving and copying utility. More information: <https://manned.org/pax.1p>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pax.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install pax
Ubuntu
apt-get install pax
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install pax
CentOS
yum install pax
Fedora
dnf install pax
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pax
Raspbian
apt-get install pax
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pax

Archiving and copying utility. More information: <https://manned.org/pax.1p>.

  • List the contents of an archive:
    pax -f archive.tar
  • List the contents of a gzipped archive:
    pax -zf archive.tar.gz
  • Create an archive from files:
    pax -wf target.tar path/to/file1 path/to/file2 path/to/file3
  • Create an archive from files, using output redirection:
    pax -w path/to/file1 path/to/file2 path/to/file3 > target.tar
  • Extract an archive into the current directory:
    pax -rf source.tar
  • Copy to a directory, while keeping the original metadata; `target/` must exist:
    pax -rw path/to/file1 path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 target/

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