List Tar file contents on AIX

tar -tvf filename.tar

Extract a certain file to a certain directory from a tar archive using GNU Tar

"gtar -C hobba -xvf aamr.tar aamr/1"

where:

"hobba" is the directory to extract to
"aamr.tar" is the archive from which we'll extract the file
"aamr/1" is the file inside the archive to be extracted to the destination directory (hobba).

A more convenient alternative to AIX tar; gtar

Searched everywhere just to know how to use the "tar" command to extract an archive to a certain folder instead of extracting it using the same directory structure inside, and so here are the steps:

1. Don't use the "tar" program
2. Download the GNU tar rpm from the AIX toolbox
3. Install it "rpm -ivh blablabla.rpm", you must have installed rpm at first from there of course, note that you must have root access to install that package
4. logout and then back in, use "gtar" from now on.