tar --extract --file=X.tar Y .. X.tar is the big file and Y is what to extract.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, saich <saiched@gmail.com> wrote:
> Skunks i have a tarred directory in a linux server which is like 300gb

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/

BR,
S

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