Questions tagged [extract]
Extracting is a term used in archive-management which means uncompressing the files and folders from the compressed format.
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What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file?
I received a huge .tar.gz file from a client that contains about 800 mb of image files (when uncompressed.) Our hosting company's ftp is seriously slow, so extracting all the files locally and sending ...
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Extract part of a video with a one-line command
If I have a video, normally avi, but could be any, and I want to create another one in the same format but just a part, the position i seconds to f seconds into the video, what is the one-line command ...
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How do I extract a password protected .7z file?
Can someone tell me how can I extract a password protected .7z file in Ubuntu server?
(I know the password, I just need a program to do so and an example of how to use said program...)
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How do I extract a RPM file?
I've RPM file of which I want to examine its file contents. For .deb packages, I can use dpkg -x file.deb to extract it.
What is the equivalent command for a .rpm file? I'm looking for a command-line ...
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How do I gunzip all files recursively in a target directory?
I'd like to know what is the command to use to gunzip all files in a target directory recursively? I tried to use the unzip command but it didn't work.
I tried the command from Unzip all zip files in ...
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Combining .rar extraction [duplicate]
I've recently downloaded 7 .rar files which needs to get extracted and to output only one file. How do I to make them extract only one output and to do not extract 7 files, please?
Thanks in advance!
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How can I extract audio track from video file and save it as MP3? [duplicate]
What is the easiest way to extract an audio track from a video file and save it as an MP3 file?
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How to extract and join files xxx.zip, xxx.z01 and xxx.z02
I have these three files: 1.zip, 1.z01 and 1.z02. I would like to extract and join them into a single file, by right clicking 1.zip and selecting Extract Here. But then there comes an error:
7-Zip 9....
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Compressing a folder (tar) without its containing directory in the folder name
I am trying to compress a folder with the tar command.
When I am trying to compress it, it works fine. The problem is with the file name.
Source path:
/data/file/
Destination path:
/data/repo/...
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how to extract a rar file with multiple parts? [duplicate]
How should I extract a file which has more than one rar file that should be extracted with each other?
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How would I extract a .img file
I am trying to extract a .img file (hard disk image with with Chromium OS on it). I have not been able to find any way to do this other than mounting it but that is not usable because it shows up as ...
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tar: A lone zero block at 343398
while trying to extract a tar.gz file in ubuntu terminal an error happened int he last sentence here it is :
tar: A lone zero block at 343398
what is the solution for this problem???
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Extracting zip file fails giving error need PK compat. v5.1
I have a password protected zip file which was created in Windows. When I am trying to extract the same file under Ubuntu I get the error need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6). Any idea how to proceed?
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Restoring a Unix Tar File with Ubuntu
I have all of these old DDS3 and DDS4 tapes that I need to restore the files off of. The only information that I really know is that they were put on the tapes about 10 to 20 years ago using Digital ...
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How to extract files from a split 7zip archive ended by .001 and .002?
I have two files data.7z.001 and data.7z.002.
l tried to extract them using :
7z e asdf data.7z.001
l got this error
7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip ...
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initrd.lz lzma extract error
i am trying to extract the initrd.lz from the casper folder
lzma -dc -S .lz initrd.lz | cpio -imvd --no-absolute-filenames
and i get this message:
lzma: Decoder error
cpio: premature end of archive
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Extract only the contents of an archived directory from within an archive
The Situation
I am extracting a CMS from drupal-7.15.tar.gz to /var/www.
When extracted normally (with tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz) the files end up in /var/www/drupal-7.15/
The Goal
I want the ...
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How to extract multiple bits of information that appear on different lines within the same text file
I am trying to extract the sequence ID and cluster number that occur on different lines within the same text file.
The input looks like
>Cluster 72
0 319aa, >O311_01007... *
>Cluster 73
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Is there an 'Extract to...' context menu option for the Archive Manager application in Nautilus?
I was wondering if there was an easy way to add an 'Extract to...' option in the context menu for the Archive Manager in Nautilus?
'Extract here' is fine a lot of the time but I'm often working with ...
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Getting rid of the p7m file extension
The internet has not been helpful this time. I have a zip archive that also has a p7m extension. How can I lose that extension so that I can view the files? Any help is appreciated.
Than you!
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Extracting a password protected .7z file with 'p7zip' returns an error
I am trying to extract a password protected .7z file with p7zip -d filename.7z command. Unlike on Windows, on Ubuntu I do not get a prompt to enter password. Instead the terminal throws an E_NOTIMPL ...
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How to unzip only the first few lines of a zip archive?
I have a zipped text file a.zip I want to read the first 10 lines of it. Is it possible to do that without unzipping the whole file?
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How I can extract files, name.iso.001 name.iso.002 and so on
I just downloaded some materials, but the extensions are not recognized by Ubuntu.
I have a bunch of files names name.iso.001, name.iso.002 and so on.
How I can extract or mount it?
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Problem extracting tar.gz files: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Recently I encountered a problem while trying to install Quantum Espresso 5.2.0, a Linux-based software, in Ubuntu 14.04. The source was a compressed tar.gz file. I typed the following command to ...
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"Extract here" option doesn't work in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Extraction for rar/tar/gz files is working fine from CLI. In GUI, when right-clicking a file in Files app (both single and multiple parts archives) and choosing extract here in drop-down menu presents ...
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How to extract a Inno Setup Installer
How to extract a Inno Setup Installer. This is not a .7z, or any other file that 7z can extract. according to the file command this is a file of the type:
PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS ...
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Where is the difference between using `pdfimages` from poppler-utils and using the one provided by xpdf-utils for image extraction?
I need to extract a bunch of images from a PDF file. pdfimages should do the job. When trying to install, I got two alternatives poppler-utils and xpdf-utils so i wonder, whicht to choose.
Where are ...
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Extract a .zip.part file
I downloaded a Canon MF4410 Driver for Linux.
I got a .zip.part file, and the unzip command in the terminal doesn't work with it.
Is it possible to extract such a file?
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How to solve simg2img error "Invalid sparse file format at header magi"?
I installed android-tools-fsutils using the terminal on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and ran simg2img to extract RemixOS's system.img file but each time I get the same error - "Invalid sparse file format at ...
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How to extract audio from Webm without transcoding?
Audio within mp4 and flv files is AAC, and a proper container for that is m4a. So, in order to extract sound from mp4 and flv I use a command like
gnome-terminal -e "parallel avconv -i '{}' -map 0:1 ...
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CRC error during extraction of downloaded compressed tar. Tar file is intact
I have downloaded a compressed file from http://ds.arm.com/downloads/.
File details are DS500-BN-00019-r5p0-21rel1.tgz(64 bit)
When I try to extract this file using the following command
tar -zxvf ...
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Can't extract anything in 7z - Unknown error -2147024872 - Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I just can't extract any .rar or .zip or .7z file with 7z.
The program reads:
Scanning the drive for archives:
ERROR: No more files
Then the file's name.
And then:
System ERROR:
Error desconocido -...
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How do I extraxt audio files from mkv files? TO DELET THE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND
I want to know how to get all the audio files from the mkv file.
it has to be more than one file.
SO I CAN DELETE THE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND of THE VIDEO.
What software I can use?
And how to use it?
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Show content of huge txt/json file without extracting huge zip file
I got a zip file of ~400MB and within it there are certain txt/json files roughly in the range of 400MB - 1GB size.
I simply want to view first 100 lines of a target file without extracting it from ...
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simple tar and extract command
I am new to Ubuntu (terminal especially) and I am experimenting with the tar command.
I have created a /test folder containing one single /test.txt file at /var/www/html/test/test.txt.
I would like ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Extracting files "parsing filters is unsupported" [duplicate]
Running Ubuntu 18.04 on a laptop.
I tried extracting a file(~700MB) using right click+extract here
but got the following error message:
The file contains mainly pdfs, but also text files, some ...
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Error While Extracting files - "Error setting owner"
I'm using Xubuntu 13.10. Downloaded Eclipse. Tried to extract the tar file and I got the error as seen in the image.
I have tried the following:
Opened it up in the archive manager. It opens up ...
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How to bulk-extract objects from swf (Adobe Flash) files with swfextract?
swftools are a unique set of tools but lack some user friendliness. They can't even iterate over provided objects:
Only one file allowed. You supplied at least two.
$ swfextract file.swf -i 1,2
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Extract a specific pdf from a zip file with lots of pdfs
Given:
Name and Location of Zip-File. Example: collectionOfPdfFiles2017.zip
Zip File is a collection of PDFs without folder structure
Name of PDF File in Zip-File. Example: someFileFrom2017.pdf
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How to extract Synopsys .tz files on ubuntu
I have downloaded some tar fies for my CAD tools( from their site ). When I extracted my tar, it gave out .tz files. How can I extract files from them or isn't it a tar archive ?
Please help me.
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Gimp (GAP) on Ubuntu 10.04 [closed]
There's a picture of what comes up.
This comes up every time I try to extract videorange. I've tried .mp4, .MPG, and .flv files and it says the same thing each time. I looked it up on youtube, and ....
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How can I open a .gz.td file?
I have a file named IBM Quickstart Linux.gz.td, which I am having trouble extracting. Archive Manager says that it is not supported. How do I extract .gz.td files in Ubuntu 15.04?
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Add password option to default compress menu - 20.04
when I click the compress option on a file or folder, by right clicking on that file and choosing compress, I am presented with a simple menu form that only lets me choose the type of file to convert ...
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How to fix "Extract here" in context menu of Nautilus in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I have very strange problem with Nautilus on my fresh Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Gnome.
When I try to use "Extract here" context menu of Nautilus on some zip archive (700 Mb+ size), it creates folder ...
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What does Ununtu 17.10 invoke when I use "Extract here"?
I am using Ubuntu 17.10, with Unity. I have a zip file, which, when unzipped with "Extract here", produces error
There was an error while extracting "file.zip". Error opening file "/path/to/file/...
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Script to combine movie audio tracks in order to learn a language
I would like to build a special script to learn English from a movie (dvd, mkv ...). I would like to extract the audio part in my native language then in English and the subtitles with the timeline. ...
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How can I extract data from UNIX file?
I am beginner
I would like to extract data ,which the file begins with "START OF TEC MAP" and ends with "END OF TEC MAP", from file. How can I get this specific interval? Which commands should I use? ...
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How to extract a backup from old 1993 files from an IBM PS2?
Recently, I stumbled on some boxes of 3.5" diskettes from my Father's early 1990's PS2 with a postit note on saying "IBM PS2 Backup C:\ - 10/28/93"
There were 25 discs in all and incredibly, using ...
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Is extracting a ISO file to USB the same method as creating a bootable USB? [closed]
I'm trying to create a bootable Ubuntu USB, so that I can boot Ubuntu on my PC. But since I have no other PC left, I'm stuck with just one option. To extract the ISO file directly to the USB using my ...
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