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:

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 ...

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 (flattening), or …

Jan 28, 2021 · The .tar created from docker save provides a ton of context that is lost when imported with docker import -- using docker load -i instead maintains that context and allows the image to be …

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.

Jul 27, 2017 · Suppose I have two files: file1.zst file2.tar.zst How can I decompress these files in terminal?

Aug 3, 2019 · 3 I usually use this command to extract the tar.gz to the same directory: tar -zxvf lammps-stable.tar.gz You should run this command on the directory where the file is located. Otherwise the …

Jun 5, 2013 · Sometimes, you want to extract files with the * in the name. For example: tar -xf abc.tar.gz 'src/prog/*name.*' would extract files such as src/prog/bigname.c, src/prog/smallname.h; the single …

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 ones.tar.gz …

Sep 17, 2013 · I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? I have tried tar cf - file | xz file.tar.xz, but that does not work.