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.

tar -czf destination.tar.gz -C source/directory $(ls source/directory) This solution: Includes all files and folders in the directory Does not include any of the directory structure (or .) in the final …

Only the last option in such a set is allowed to have an argument (1). This old way of writing 'tar' options can surprise even experienced users. For example, the two commands: tar cfz …

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 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 ...

55 When extracting with tar you can use the --checkpoint option. What you get is not really a progress bar but good enough to see the progress. In this example, tar will print a message …

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 …

0 A tar.gz is a tar file inside a gzip file, so 1st you must unzip the gzip file with gunzip -d filename.tar.gz , and then use tar to untar it. However, since gunzip says it isn't in gzip format, …