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 have seen on many websites commands like this what does the "-zxvf" or the similar commands stand for? tar -zxvf <filename> tar xvf <filename>

I try to tar.gz a directory and use tar -czf workspace.tar.gz * The resulting tar includes .svn directories in subdirs but NOT in the current directory (as * gets expanded to only 'visible' files ...

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 …

Jan 27, 2020 · Well, if you run $ tar -zxf some-archive.tar.gz -C ., (note the dot at the end) a new directory called some-archive/ will be created in the directory you are currently in.

Aug 25, 2016 · I tar a directory full of JPEG images: tar cvfz myarchive.tar.gz mydirectory When I untar the archive: tar xvfz myarchive.tar.gz I get an error: tar: Unexpected EOF in archive …

Sep 22, 2016 · I have a Bash script that creates a .tar.gz file, encrypts, and then sends it to a drive. However, I cannot open the .tar.gz file afterwards. Here is my process... Bash script that …

Oct 16, 2010 · The tar program can use external compression programs gzip, bzip2, xz by opening a pipe to those programs, sending a tar archive via the pipe to the compression utility, …

I'd like to print at the very least print # files extracted, from running a tarball extract xz -dc /path/to/somearchive.tar.xz | sudo tar xvpf - -C /path/to/some_directory I was thinking of using ...