Exclude files except a specific on in tar
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I want to make a tarball of a directory, but excluding all files that end with .foo, except for one specific file. This excludes all files with .foo as ending:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/ --exclude '*.foo'
What I'm missing is some sort of --include option. Does it exist?
I'm using GNU tar 1.23.
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I want to make a tarball of a directory, but excluding all files that end with .foo, except for one specific file. This excludes all files with .foo as ending:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/ --exclude '*.foo'
What I'm missing is some sort of --include option. Does it exist?
I'm using GNU tar 1.23.
tar
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
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asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
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I want to make a tarball of a directory, but excluding all files that end with .foo, except for one specific file. This excludes all files with .foo as ending:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/ --exclude '*.foo'
What I'm missing is some sort of --include option. Does it exist?
I'm using GNU tar 1.23.
tar
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
I want to make a tarball of a directory, but excluding all files that end with .foo, except for one specific file. This excludes all files with .foo as ending:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/ --exclude '*.foo'
What I'm missing is some sort of --include option. Does it exist?
I'm using GNU tar 1.23.
tar
tar
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
edited Aug 31 at 14:24
Jeff Schaller
32.8k849110
32.8k849110
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
asked Aug 31 at 12:23
pfnuesel
2,60541838
2,60541838
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There is no --include-style option in GNU tar as far as I’m aware.
In GNU tar, later versions (starting with 1.29) treat --exclude and other filename-selection options in a position-sensitive fashion, so they only affects arguments after them on the command line. So you can include files by naming them before the --exclude option:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/specific.foo --exclude '*.foo' dir/
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typicaltarimplementation that is part of an operating system distro supports-I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the-Xfile as well, itis excluded. Note that--excludeis a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.
– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNUtarsupports both-T(equivalent to BSD’s-I, where-Talso works) and-X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by-Xhave greater precedence than the files given by-T.
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
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1 Answer
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up vote
1
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accepted
There is no --include-style option in GNU tar as far as I’m aware.
In GNU tar, later versions (starting with 1.29) treat --exclude and other filename-selection options in a position-sensitive fashion, so they only affects arguments after them on the command line. So you can include files by naming them before the --exclude option:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/specific.foo --exclude '*.foo' dir/
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typicaltarimplementation that is part of an operating system distro supports-I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the-Xfile as well, itis excluded. Note that--excludeis a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.
– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNUtarsupports both-T(equivalent to BSD’s-I, where-Talso works) and-X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by-Xhave greater precedence than the files given by-T.
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
There is no --include-style option in GNU tar as far as I’m aware.
In GNU tar, later versions (starting with 1.29) treat --exclude and other filename-selection options in a position-sensitive fashion, so they only affects arguments after them on the command line. So you can include files by naming them before the --exclude option:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/specific.foo --exclude '*.foo' dir/
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typicaltarimplementation that is part of an operating system distro supports-I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the-Xfile as well, itis excluded. Note that--excludeis a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.
– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNUtarsupports both-T(equivalent to BSD’s-I, where-Talso works) and-X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by-Xhave greater precedence than the files given by-T.
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
There is no --include-style option in GNU tar as far as I’m aware.
In GNU tar, later versions (starting with 1.29) treat --exclude and other filename-selection options in a position-sensitive fashion, so they only affects arguments after them on the command line. So you can include files by naming them before the --exclude option:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/specific.foo --exclude '*.foo' dir/
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
There is no --include-style option in GNU tar as far as I’m aware.
In GNU tar, later versions (starting with 1.29) treat --exclude and other filename-selection options in a position-sensitive fashion, so they only affects arguments after them on the command line. So you can include files by naming them before the --exclude option:
tar czf "$nameTarball" dir/specific.foo --exclude '*.foo' dir/
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
edited Aug 31 at 14:29
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
answered Aug 31 at 12:41
Stephen Kitt
147k22321388
147k22321388
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typicaltarimplementation that is part of an operating system distro supports-I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the-Xfile as well, itis excluded. Note that--excludeis a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.
– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNUtarsupports both-T(equivalent to BSD’s-I, where-Talso works) and-X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by-Xhave greater precedence than the files given by-T.
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
add a comment |Â
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typicaltarimplementation that is part of an operating system distro supports-I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the-Xfile as well, itis excluded. Note that--excludeis a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.
– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNUtarsupports both-T(equivalent to BSD’s-I, where-Talso works) and-X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by-Xhave greater precedence than the files given by-T.
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
I installed a newer version of tar and it works now. Thanks! (I wonder why certain distros use tar that is from 2010!)
– pfnuesel
Aug 31 at 13:34
A typical
tar implementation that is part of an operating system distro supports -I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the -X file as well, itis excluded. Note that --exclude is a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
A typical
tar implementation that is part of an operating system distro supports -I. This has been added to BSD tar (not bsdtar) in the late 1980s. But If a filename is in the -X file as well, itis excluded. Note that --exclude is a non-portable vendor unique GNU tar extension.– schily
Aug 31 at 13:59
@schily GNU
tar supports both -T (equivalent to BSD’s -I, where -T also works) and -X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by -X have greater precedence than the files given by -T.– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
@schily GNU
tar supports both -T (equivalent to BSD’s -I, where -T also works) and -X, but as you imply they’re not helpful in this situation since the exclusions given by -X have greater precedence than the files given by -T.– Stephen Kitt
Aug 31 at 14:31
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