I typically do: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz my_directory What if I just want to include everything (including any hidden system files) in my_directory, but not the directory itself? I don't want:

Jun 12, 2009 · Is there a simple shell command/script that supports excluding certain files/folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived with a sub directory that has a …

I wonder how to list the content of a tar file only down to some level? I understand tar tvf mytar.tar will list all files, but sometimes I would like to only see directories down to some level.

Sep 8, 2013 · There are already many questions about tar and backuping in stackoverflow and at other places on the web, but most of them ask for dropping the entire sub-directory structure …

Sep 7, 2012 · I normally compress using tar zcvf and decompress using tar zxvf (using gzip due to habit). I've recently gotten a quad core CPU with hyperthreading, so I have 8 logical cores, …

Now I'm trying to extract the .tar file using tar -xv filename.tar. My Problem The extraction doesn't seem to be working! After I've typed the tar -xv filename.tar command and hit enter, the shell …

Mar 15, 2016 · Basically tar.gz is just a zip file containing a setup, so what you want to do is to unzip it, cd to the place where it is downloaded and use gunzip -c seaborn-0.7.0.tar.gz | tar xf - …

Sep 11, 2013 · 122 I want to tar and all .php and .html files in a directory and its subdirectories. If I use tar -cf my_archive * it tars all the files, which I don't want. If I use tar -cf my_archive *.php …

Mar 4, 2013 · 36 To simply create a tarball of these files I would just do: tar cf ones.tar 1_*.txt tar cf twos.tar 2_*.txt Most likely you want to compress the tarballs, so use the z option: tar czf …

Aug 21, 2017 · What is the reason for '...' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file? Well, in real you want to extract a GZ archive file which inside …