- 1 year ago
How to pipe the results of the curl command into tar using Powershell?
To pipe the results of the curl
command into tar
using PowerShell, you can make use of the Invoke-WebRequest
cmdlet to perform the equivalent of curl
and then use the tar
command to extract the downloaded content. Here's an example:
powershellInvoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://example.com/file.tar.gz" -OutFile "file.tar.gz"
tar -xf "file.tar.gz"
In this example, we use Invoke-WebRequest
to download the file specified by the URI (http://example.com/file.tar.gz
) and save it as file.tar.gz
using the -OutFile
parameter.
Once the file is downloaded, we can then use the tar
command (assuming it is available in your PowerShell environment) with the -xf
options to extract the contents of the file.tar.gz
archive.
Please note that the availability and functionality of the tar
command in PowerShell may depend on your specific environment and whether you have additional tools or utilities installed.
If the tar
command is not available or you encounter any issues, you may need to consider alternative methods for extracting the downloaded file, such as using a third-party library or utility specifically designed for working with tar archives in PowerShell.