Extract tar file in MacOS

[Simpleeme88]

.tar files are usually UNIX Tape ARchive files. You will need to untar it to extract the files that it holds:

cat Blah.tar | tar xfv -

will work. Usually, the file is compressed so I do:

zcat Blah.tar.Z | tar xfv -

Good luck.

Pss..TROSSIN,

I also downloaded a .TAR file, but I don't know what to have in order for me to extract the .TAR file. I know about WINrar, but I have a MAC OS/X...I have the UNrar, but it's not working at all for me...So, do you know where I can get an "extracter" (sorry, I don't know the term for those programs that extract files)?

Thanks.

[Baldrick]

Please post mac questions in our mac forum. I'm moving your post to the mac forum.

[Case]

Mac OS X (10.3+) built-in archiver app (BOMArchivehelper) will work on .tar files
(and also .bom, .bz, .bz2, .cpgz, .cpio, .gzip, .gz, .tgz, .tbz, .tbz2, .Z, .zip).

And a lot of 3rd party apps do .tar as well, which you can find on VersionTracker or MacUpdate: e.g.
- The Unarchiver
- StuffIt DeLuxe/Expander
- 7zX