how to see inside tar file?

[potatohead]

Hi.

How do i list all the files (content) INSDE a tar file?

I used ' tar -t [filename] ' and it doesn't seem to work.

I also used ' tar -tf [filename] ' and it listed a bunch of errors.. basically saying that it does not look like a tar archieve.

However, when i type 'tar -zvxf [filename]' to expand it... the file starts untarring.

Thanks
Wayne