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 ...

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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

Sep 22, 2016 · This means the file isn't really a gzipped tar file -- or any kind of gzipped file -- in spite of being named like one. When you download a file with wget, check for indications like …

Mar 15, 2016 · I've extracted the files from the tar.gz file and there is a "setup" file within but it's not doing much for me. If someone could explain how to install python packages in this …