Hi Peter, > BTW, I'm usually not working with tar.xz files and the list option > doesn't work as expected It works as we expect. You need to show precisely what you did. Search for `list' in tar(1) and you'll find `--list'. Most users do `tar tvf foo.tar.xz' for a verbose listing. -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy