Using the example below one can view the contents a compress tar file without un-compressing the file. # if the file is compressed using compress $ uncompress -c file.Z | tar -tvf - -rw-r--r-- 2054 202 0 May 20 22:17:19 2009 a -rw-r--r-- 2054 202 0 May 20 22:17:19 2009 b $ uncompress < file.tar.Z … Continue reading How to view table of contents of a compress tar file? →