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 …

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, …

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 …

Apr 10, 2018 · tar -xf file.tar In these commands, t: List the contents of an archive. v: Verbosely list files processed (display detailed information). z: Filter the archive through gzip so that we …

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 …

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 ...

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 - …

You renamed the openresty-1.9.7.3.tar to openresty-1.9.7.3.tar.gz, but this didn't make it gzipped tar archive. So first command fails, because this can't be gunzipped. Second command just …

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 …