---
title: "list tar contents"
date: 2021-06-13T08:31:14+02:00
draft: false
snippet_types:
- tar
---

Before putting a tar file somewhere hard to access like S3 Glacier I note what is in it. I create a manifest file. Simply list the file names within:

```shell
$ tar tvf example.tar
```

With more automation worked in I came up with this:

- list all the tar files using fd (rust find replacment)
- list content of each one
- pipe that into a file for safe keeping

```shell
$ for x in $(fd -e tar) ; do (tar tvf "$x" && echo "\n") ; done > /tmp/example_manifest
```