{"id":2592,"date":"2023-02-01T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:51:08","slug":"how-to-find-and-tar-files-into-a-tar-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-find-and-tar-files-into-a-tar-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find and tar files into a tar ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-[30px] flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"text-xs flex items-center justify-center gap-1 invisible absolute left-0 top-2 -ml-4 -translate-x-full group-hover:visible\">\n<div class=\"w-[30px] flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"text-xs flex items-center justify-center gap-1 invisible absolute left-0 top-2 -ml-4 -translate-x-full group-hover:visible\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To find and tar (create an archive) files into a tar ball (<\/span><code style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.tar<\/code><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> file) in Linux, you can use the <\/span><code style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">tar<\/code><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> command in combination with the <\/span><code style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">find<\/code><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> command.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s the basic syntax:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">$ find <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[directory]<\/span> -name <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[pattern]<\/span> -exec tar -czf <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[tarfile.tar.gz]<\/span> {} +<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><code>[directory]<\/code>: The directory you want to search for files.<\/li>\n<li><code>[pattern]<\/code>: A shell pattern that matches the filenames you want to find. For example, <code>*.txt<\/code> matches all text files.<\/li>\n<li><code>[tarfile.tar.gz]<\/code>: The name of the tar ball you want to create.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, to find all <code>.txt<\/code> files in the current directory and its subdirectories and tar them into a tar ball named <code>text_files.tar.gz<\/code>, you can run the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-shell\"><span class=\"hljs-meta prompt_\">$ <\/span><span class=\"bash\">find . -name <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"*.txt\"<\/span> -<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">exec<\/span> tar -czf text_files.tar.gz {} +<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <code>-c<\/code> option tells <code>tar<\/code> to create a new archive, the <code>-z<\/code> option compresses the archive with gzip, and the <code>-f<\/code> option specifies the name of the tar ball. The <code>{}<\/code> and <code>+<\/code> options tell <code>find<\/code> to pass all matching files to the <code>tar<\/code> command at once, rather than one file at a time.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use other options with the <code>tar<\/code> command, such as <code>-v<\/code> to show verbose output, <code>-r<\/code> to add files to an existing archive, or <code>-x<\/code> to extract files from an archive. For more information, you can run <code>man tar<\/code> in your terminal to see the manual pages for the <code>tar<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To find and tar (create an archive) files into a tar ball (.tar file) in Linux, you can use the tar command in combination with the find command. Here&#8217;s the basic syntax: \u00a0 $ find [directory] -name [pattern] -exec tar -czf [tarfile.tar.gz] {} + [directory]: The directory you want to search for files. 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