tar¶

Remove all files previously extracted from a tar(.gz) file.¶

tar -tf <file.tar.gz> | xargs rm -r

Remove all files previously extracted from a tar(.gz) file.¶

tar -tf <file.tar.gz> | xargs rm -r

Encrypt directory with GnuPG and tar¶

tar zcf - foo | gpg -c cipher-algo aes256 -o foo.tgz.gpg

netcat - send tar archive remotely (sending side)¶

tar -cjf - $DIR | nc $HOST $PORT

Tar - Compress by excluding folders¶

tar -cvf /path/dir.tar /path/dir* exclude "/path/dir/name" exclude "/path/dir/opt"

Create a tar archive using 7z compression¶

tar cf - /path/to/data | 7z a -si archivename.tar.7z

Move files around local filesystem with tar without wasting space using an intermediate tarball.¶

tar -C <source> -cf - . | tar -C <destination> -xf -

tar the current directory wihtout the absolute path¶

tar -cf "../${PWD##*/}.tar" .

Encrypted Tarballs¶

tar -cf  - folder/ | gpg -c > folder.tpg

Copy files from one dir to another using tar.¶

tar cf - . | (cd /new/dir; tar xvf -)

Create a tar file compressed with xz.¶

tar cfJ tarfile.tar.xz pathnames

restore .tar.gz on the fly¶

tar xfzO <backup_name>.tar.gz | mysql -u root <database_name>

Compressed Backup of the /etc¶

tar jcpf /home/[usuario]/etc-$(hostname)-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).tar.bz2 /etc

backup file with tar¶

tar -cvf bind9-config-`date +%s`.tar *

Unpack .tgz File On Linux¶

tar zxvf fileNameHere.tgz

Remove all files previously extracted from a tar(.gz) file.¶

tar -tf <file.tar.gz> | parallel rm

create tar.gz archive¶

tar -pczf archive_name.tar.gz /path/to/dir/or/file

Real full backup copy of /etc folder¶

tar -cf - /etc | tar -xf - -C </destination/folder>

Bulk copy large blocks of data between File Systems (run as root iff you do not own all of the files!)¶

tar cpof - src |( cd des; tar xpof -)

tar - extract only one file¶

tar zxvf package.tar.gz strip 1

checksum a directory / files¶

tar -cf - file1 dir1/ dir2/ | md5sum

Move files around local filesystem with tar without wasting space using an intermediate tarball.¶

tar -C <source_dir> -cf . | tar -C <dest_dir> -xf -

backup and remove files with access time older than 5 days.¶

tar -zcvpf backup_`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`.tar.gz `find <target> -atime +5 -type f` 2> /dev/null | parallel -X rm -f

Tar Pipe¶

tar cvf - /src | ( cd /dest ; tar xvf - )

backup the old files¶

tar -zcps <dir> -X <(find <dir> -type f -mtime -<days>) |ssh user@backuphost tar -xzpsC /data/bkup

Move files around local filesystem with tar without wasting space using an intermediate tarball.¶

tar -C <source_dir> -cf . | tar -C <dest_dir> -xf

Unzip multi-part zip archive¶

tar -xfv archive.zip

Tar a subversion working copy...without all those hidden directories!¶

tar exclude='.svn' -c -f /path/to/file.tar /path/to/directory

Create a tar.gz in a single command¶

tar cvf - foodir | gzip > foo.tar.gz

create one md5 for all files in folder¶

tar c folderName | md5

ls -lR with a full path¶

tar -cvf /dev/null . | while read i; do ls -l $i; done

Copy specific files to another machine, keeping the file hierarchy¶

tar cpfP - $(find <somedir> -type f -name *.png) | ssh user@host | tar xpfP -

backup and remove files with access time older than 5 days.¶

tar -zcvpf backup_`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`.tar.gz `find <target> -atime +5` 2> /dev/null | xargs rm -fr ;

Exclude .svn, .git and other VCS junk for a pristine tarball¶

tar exclude-vcs -cf src.tar src/

Pack up some files into a tarball on a remote server without writing to the local filesystem¶

tar -czf - * | ssh example.com "cat > files.tar.gz"

backup a directory in a timestamped tar.gz¶

tar -czvvf backup$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S").tar.gz /path/to/dir

Encrypted archive with openssl and tar¶

tar c folder_to_encrypt | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e > secret.tar.enc

copy working directory and compress it on-the-fly while showing progress¶

tar -cf - . | pv -s $(du -sb . | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > out.tgz

Encrypted archive with openssl and tar¶

tar create file - posix gzip  <dir> | openssl enc -e -aes256 -out <file>

Create a tar of directory structure only¶

tar -cf ~/out.tar no-recursion files-from <(find . -type d)

tar exclude files or directories¶

tar -cvzf home_backup.tar.gz exclude={.*,Downloads} /home/<user>

throttle bandwidth with cstream¶

tar -cj /backup | cstream -t 777k | ssh host 'tar -xj -C /backup'

Command line progress bar¶

tar zcf - user | pv /bin/gzip > /tmp/backup.tar.gz

Tar - Compress by excluding folders¶

tar -cvzf arch.tgz $(find /path/dir -not -type d)

untar undo¶

tar tfz filename.tgz |xargs rm -Rf

Compare an archive with filesystem¶

tar dfz horde-webmail-1.2.3.tar.gz

Send a backup job to a remote tape drive on another machine over SSH¶

tar cvzf - /directory/ | ssh root@host "cat > /dev/nst0"

Archive a directory with datestamp on filename¶

tar zcvf somedir-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tar.gz somedir/

Create a tar file with the current date in the name.¶

tar cfz backup-$(date iso).tar.gz somedirs

tar.gz with gpg-encryption on the fly¶

tar -cvz /<path>/ | gpg encrypt recipient <keyID> > /<backup-path>/backup_`date +%d_%m_%Y`.tar.gz.gpg

mail with attachment¶

tar cvzf - data1 data2 | uuencode data.tar.gz | mail -s 'data' you@host.fr

oneliner to transfer a directory using ssh and tar¶

tar cvzf - dir | ssh my_server 'tar xzf -'

Get a range of SVN revisions from svn diff and tar gz them¶

tar cvfz changes.tar.gz exclude-vcs `svn diff -rM:N summarize . | grep . | awk '{print $2}' | grep -E -v '^\.$'`

Split a tarball into multiple parts¶

tar cf - <dir>|split -b<max_size>M - <name>.tar.

send a file or directory via ssh compressing with lzma for low trafic¶

tar -cf - ./file | lzma -c | ssh user@sshserver $(cd /tmp; tar lzma -xf -)

Simple complete system backup excluding files or directories¶

tar zcpf backup.tgz exclude=/proc exclude=backup.tgz /

Update a tarball¶

tar -tf file.tar | tar -T - -uf file.tar

Clean up after a poorly-formed tar file¶

tar ztf tar-lacking-subdirectory.tar.gz | xargs rm

Adhoc tar backup¶

tar -cvzf - /source/path | ssh <targethostname> -l <username> dd of=/destination/path/backupfile.tgz

strip non-constant number of directories from tar archive while decompressing¶

tar transform 's#.*/\([^/]*\)$#\1#' -xzvf test-archive.tar.gz

copy paste multiple binary files¶

tar -c bins/ | gzip -9 | openssl enc -base64

Tar files matching a certain wildcard¶

tar -czf ../header.tar.gz $(find . -name *.h)

Extract tar.gz file with original permission¶

tar -xvpf file.tar.gz

Creat a tar file for backup info¶

tar create file /path/$HOSTNAME-my_name_file-$(date -I).tar.gz atime-preserve -p -P same-owner -z /path/

create tar archive of files in a directory and its sub-directories¶

tar czf /path/archive_of_foo.`date -I`.tgz /path/foo

tar copy¶

tar cf - dir_to_cp/ | (cd path_to_put/ && tar xvf -)

Unpack .tgz File On Linux¶

tar -axf fileNameHere.tgz

Copy via tar pipe while preserving file permissions (run this command as root!)¶

tar -C /oldirectory -cvpf - . | tar -C /newdirector -xvf -

Backup trought SSH¶

tar cvzf - /wwwdata | ssh root@IP "dd of=/backup/wwwdata.tar.gz"

tar+pbzip2 a dir¶

tar exclude='patternToExclude' use-compress-program=pbzip2 -cf 'my-archive.tar.bz2' directoyToZip/

Extract .tar.lzma archive¶

tar lzma -xvf /path/to/archive

Extract multiple tar files at once in zsh¶

tar -xi < *.tar

tar directory and compress it with showing progress and Disk IO limits¶

tar pcf - home | pv -s $(du -sb home | awk '{print $1}') rate-limit 500k | gzip > /mnt/c/home.tar.gz

Create a tar file with the current date in the name.¶

tar cfz backup-`date +%F`.tgz somedirs

Remote backups with tar over ssh¶

tar jcpf - [sourceDirs] |ssh user@host "cat > /path/to/backup/backupfile.tar.bz2"

tar a directory and send it to netcat¶

tar cfvz - /home/user | netcat -l -p 10000

Create a tar archive using xz compression¶

tar -cJf myarchive.tar.xz /path/to/archive/

scping files with streamlines compression (tar gzip)¶

tar czv file1 file2 folder1 | ssh user@server tar zxv -C /destination

Extract tar content without leading parent directory¶

tar -xaf archive.tar.gz strip-components=1

tar+pbzip2 a dir¶

tar -c directory_to_compress/ | pbzip2 -vc > myfile.tar.bz2

Compress a file or directory keeping the owner and permissions¶

tar -jcvf /folder/file.tar.bz2 same-owner same-permissions /folder/

Create a tar archive using xz compression¶

tar -cvf - /path/to/tar/up | xz - > myTarArchive.tar.xz

Compress files in a directory¶

tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name

Create tar over SSH¶

tar cvzf - /folder/ | ssh root@192.168.0.1 "dd of=/dest/folder/file.tar.gz"

tar via network¶

tar cfX - exclude_opt_weblogic . | ssh tmp-esxsb044 "cd /opt/weblogic ; tar xf -"

Full remote server backup over cstream using tar (excluding unnecessary files) (reports every 10 seconds)¶

tar -cj / -X /tmp/exclude.txt | cstream -v 1 -c 3 -T 10 | ssh user@host 'tar -xj -C /backupDestination'

Archive and compress a directory using gunzip compression¶

tar -zcvf archive_name.tar.gz directory_to_compress

encrypt, split and get ready for dvd a large file via tar and ccrypt¶

tar czf - /directory/to/tar | ccrypt -k yourpassword | split -b50m - /final/encrypted.cpt

Redirect tar extract to another directory¶

tar xfz filename.tar.gz -C PathToDirectory

oneliner to transfer a directory using ssh and tar¶

tar -vzc /path/to/cool/directory | ssh -q my_server 'tar -vzx -C /'

unpack tar.bz2¶

tar xjvf file.tar.bz2

pack with tar tar.gz¶

tar cfvz archiv.tar.gz folder folder

move a lot of files over ssh¶

tar -cf - /home/user/test | gzip -c | ssh user@sshServer 'cd /tmp; tar xfz -'

Backup to tape, rewind and check md5¶

tar -cvf - $DIR_TO_BACKUP | tee >(md5sum > backup_md5.txt) > /dev/st0 && mt -f /dev/nst0 bsfm 1 && md5sum -c backup_md5.txt < /dev/st0

Tar all files in a folder including hidden dot files¶

tar -zcvf file.tgz ./

Shows the largest files in your archives¶

tar -tvjf backup.tar.bz2 | sort -nrk 3 | head

Create a Multi-Part Archive Without Proprietary Junkware¶

tar czv Pictures | split -d -a 3 -b 16M - pics.tar.gz.

backup your file with tar and exclude the file or directory which you don't want¶

tar zcvf /path/to/your-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.bz2 ./your/directory exclude ./you/dont/want/to/include

Secure copy from one server to another without rsync and preserve users, etc¶

tar -czvf - /src/dir | ssh remotehost "(cd /dst/dir ; tar -xzvf -)"

lists contents of a tar file¶

tar -tf /path/to/file.tar

Clone perms and owner group from one file to another¶

tar -cpf - ./sourceFile | tar -xpf - -C ./targetDir/

tar's and moves all contents of current directory to target dir¶

tar cf - . |(cd /targetdir; tar xvf -)

Create a tar archive with all files of a certain type found in present dir and subdirs¶

tar cvf my_txt_files.tar `find . -type f -name ".txt"`

Untar file in current directory¶

tar xvzf <file.tar.gz>

backup home dir exclude dot files¶

tar exclude=".??*" -zcvf ./home_backup_2008.tar.gz  my_home

Tar a directory excluding CVS, SVN, GIT and similar directories¶

tar -cvj exclude-vcs -f archive.tar.bz2 somedirectory

Tar a directory and its sub-directory¶

tar cvfz dir_name.tgz dir/

have tar decide compression based on filename¶

tar -caf some_dir.tar.xz some_dir

Tar dir excluding tmp¶

tar -zcvf <archive<.tar.gz exclude /home/szimbaro/tmp /home/szimbaro

Create a simple backup¶

tar pzcvf /result_path/result.tar.gz /target_path/target_folder

Backup hidden files and folders in home directory¶

tar zcpvf backup.tgz $(find $HOME -maxdepth 1 -name '.*' -and -not -name '.')

create compressed encrypted backup¶

tar exclude-from=$excludefile -zcvp "$source" | openssl aes-128-cbc -salt -out $targetfile -k $key

Create tarball of files modified in git¶

tar czf git_mods_circa_dec23.tgz files-from <(git ls-files -m)

create tar.gz on solaris¶

tar cfp - file-to-be-archived | gzip > archive.tar.gz

Remove all files previously extracted from a tar(.gz) file.¶

tar -tf <file.tar.gz> | xargs rm -r

Create a tar archive using 7z compression¶

tar cf - /path/to/data | 7z a -si archivename.tar.7z

Copy specific files to another machine, keeping the file hierarchy¶

tar cpfP - $(find <somedir> -type f -name *.png) | ssh user@host | tar xpfP -

backup and remove files with access time older than 5 days.¶

tar -zcvpf backup_`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`.tar.gz `find <target> -atime +5` 2> /dev/null | xargs rm -fr ;

Exclude .svn, .git and other VCS junk for a pristine tarball¶

tar exclude-vcs -cf src.tar src/

Pack up some files into a tarball on a remote server without writing to the local filesystem¶

tar -czf - * | ssh example.com "cat > files.tar.gz"

backup a directory in a timestamped tar.gz¶

tar -czvvf backup$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S").tar.gz /path/to/dir

Encrypted archive with openssl and tar¶

tar c folder_to_encrypt | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e > secret.tar.enc

copy working directory and compress it on-the-fly while showing progress¶

tar -cf - . | pv -s $(du -sb . | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > out.tgz

Encrypted archive with openssl and tar¶

tar create file - posix gzip  <dir> | openssl enc -e -aes256 -out <file>

Create a tar of directory structure only¶

tar -cf ~/out.tar no-recursion files-from <(find . -type d)

tar exclude files or directories¶

tar -cvzf home_backup.tar.gz exclude={.*,Downloads} /home/<user>

throttle bandwidth with cstream¶

tar -cj /backup | cstream -t 777k | ssh host 'tar -xj -C /backup'

Command line progress bar¶

tar zcf - user | pv /bin/gzip > /tmp/backup.tar.gz

Tar - Compress by excluding folders¶

tar -cvzf arch.tgz $(find /path/dir -not -type d)

untar undo¶

tar tfz filename.tgz |xargs rm -Rf

Compare an archive with filesystem¶

tar dfz horde-webmail-1.2.3.tar.gz

Send a backup job to a remote tape drive on another machine over SSH¶

tar cvzf - /directory/ | ssh root@host "cat > /dev/nst0"

Archive a directory with datestamp on filename¶

tar zcvf somedir-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tar.gz somedir/

Create a tar file with the current date in the name.¶

tar cfz backup-$(date iso).tar.gz somedirs

tar.gz with gpg-encryption on the fly¶

tar -cvz /<path>/ | gpg encrypt recipient <keyID> > /<backup-path>/backup_`date +%d_%m_%Y`.tar.gz.gpg

mail with attachment¶

tar cvzf - data1 data2 | uuencode data.tar.gz | mail -s 'data' you@host.fr

oneliner to transfer a directory using ssh and tar¶

tar cvzf - dir | ssh my_server 'tar xzf -'

Get a range of SVN revisions from svn diff and tar gz them¶

tar cvfz changes.tar.gz exclude-vcs `svn diff -rM:N summarize . | grep . | awk '{print $2}' | grep -E -v '^\.$'`

Split a tarball into multiple parts¶

tar cf - <dir>|split -b<max_size>M - <name>.tar.

send a file or directory via ssh compressing with lzma for low trafic¶

tar -cf - ./file | lzma -c | ssh user@sshserver $(cd /tmp; tar lzma -xf -)

Simple complete system backup excluding files or directories¶

tar zcpf backup.tgz exclude=/proc exclude=backup.tgz /

Update a tarball¶

tar -tf file.tar | tar -T - -uf file.tar

Clean up after a poorly-formed tar file¶

tar ztf tar-lacking-subdirectory.tar.gz | xargs rm

Adhoc tar backup¶

tar -cvzf - /source/path | ssh <targethostname> -l <username> dd of=/destination/path/backupfile.tgz

strip non-constant number of directories from tar archive while decompressing¶

tar transform 's#.*/\([^/]*\)$#\1#' -xzvf test-archive.tar.gz

copy paste multiple binary files¶

tar -c bins/ | gzip -9 | openssl enc -base64

Tar files matching a certain wildcard¶

tar -czf ../header.tar.gz $(find . -name *.h)

Extract tar.gz file with original permission¶

tar -xvpf file.tar.gz

Creat a tar file for backup info¶

tar create file /path/$HOSTNAME-my_name_file-$(date -I).tar.gz atime-preserve -p -P same-owner -z /path/

create tar archive of files in a directory and its sub-directories¶

tar czf /path/archive_of_foo.`date -I`.tgz /path/foo

tar copy¶

tar cf - dir_to_cp/ | (cd path_to_put/ && tar xvf -)

Unpack .tgz File On Linux¶

tar -axf fileNameHere.tgz

Copy via tar pipe while preserving file permissions (run this command as root!)¶

tar -C /oldirectory -cvpf - . | tar -C /newdirector -xvf -

Backup trought SSH¶

tar cvzf - /wwwdata | ssh root@IP "dd of=/backup/wwwdata.tar.gz"

tar+pbzip2 a dir¶

tar exclude='patternToExclude' use-compress-program=pbzip2 -cf 'my-archive.tar.bz2' directoyToZip/

Extract .tar.lzma archive¶

tar lzma -xvf /path/to/archive

Extract multiple tar files at once in zsh¶

tar -xi < *.tar

tar directory and compress it with showing progress and Disk IO limits¶

tar pcf - home | pv -s $(du -sb home | awk '{print $1}') rate-limit 500k | gzip > /mnt/c/home.tar.gz

Create a tar file with the current date in the name.¶

tar cfz backup-`date +%F`.tgz somedirs

Remote backups with tar over ssh¶

tar jcpf - [sourceDirs] |ssh user@host "cat > /path/to/backup/backupfile.tar.bz2"

tar a directory and send it to netcat¶

tar cfvz - /home/user | netcat -l -p 10000

Create a tar archive using xz compression¶

tar -cJf myarchive.tar.xz /path/to/archive/

scping files with streamlines compression (tar gzip)¶

tar czv file1 file2 folder1 | ssh user@server tar zxv -C /destination

Extract tar content without leading parent directory¶

tar -xaf archive.tar.gz strip-components=1

tar+pbzip2 a dir¶

tar -c directory_to_compress/ | pbzip2 -vc > myfile.tar.bz2

Compress a file or directory keeping the owner and permissions¶

tar -jcvf /folder/file.tar.bz2 same-owner same-permissions /folder/

Create a tar archive using xz compression¶

tar -cvf - /path/to/tar/up | xz - > myTarArchive.tar.xz

Compress files in a directory¶

tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name

Create tar over SSH¶

tar cvzf - /folder/ | ssh root@192.168.0.1 "dd of=/dest/folder/file.tar.gz"

tar via network¶

tar cfX - exclude_opt_weblogic . | ssh tmp-esxsb044 "cd /opt/weblogic ; tar xf -"

Full remote server backup over cstream using tar (excluding unnecessary files) (reports every 10 seconds)¶

tar -cj / -X /tmp/exclude.txt | cstream -v 1 -c 3 -T 10 | ssh user@host 'tar -xj -C /backupDestination'

Archive and compress a directory using gunzip compression¶

tar -zcvf archive_name.tar.gz directory_to_compress

encrypt, split and get ready for dvd a large file via tar and ccrypt¶

tar czf - /directory/to/tar | ccrypt -k yourpassword | split -b50m - /final/encrypted.cpt

Redirect tar extract to another directory¶

tar xfz filename.tar.gz -C PathToDirectory

oneliner to transfer a directory using ssh and tar¶

tar -vzc /path/to/cool/directory | ssh -q my_server 'tar -vzx -C /'

unpack tar.bz2¶

tar xjvf file.tar.bz2

pack with tar tar.gz¶

tar cfvz archiv.tar.gz folder folder

move a lot of files over ssh¶

tar -cf - /home/user/test | gzip -c | ssh user@sshServer 'cd /tmp; tar xfz -'

Backup to tape, rewind and check md5¶

tar -cvf - $DIR_TO_BACKUP | tee >(md5sum > backup_md5.txt) > /dev/st0 && mt -f /dev/nst0 bsfm 1 && md5sum -c backup_md5.txt < /dev/st0

Tar all files in a folder including hidden dot files¶

tar -zcvf file.tgz ./

Shows the largest files in your archives¶

tar -tvjf backup.tar.bz2 | sort -nrk 3 | head

Create a Multi-Part Archive Without Proprietary Junkware¶

tar czv Pictures | split -d -a 3 -b 16M - pics.tar.gz.

backup your file with tar and exclude the file or directory which you don't want¶

tar zcvf /path/to/your-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.bz2 ./your/directory exclude ./you/dont/want/to/include

Secure copy from one server to another without rsync and preserve users, etc¶

tar -czvf - /src/dir | ssh remotehost "(cd /dst/dir ; tar -xzvf -)"

lists contents of a tar file¶

tar -tf /path/to/file.tar

Clone perms and owner group from one file to another¶

tar -cpf - ./sourceFile | tar -xpf - -C ./targetDir/

tar's and moves all contents of current directory to target dir¶

tar cf - . |(cd /targetdir; tar xvf -)

Create a tar archive with all files of a certain type found in present dir and subdirs¶

tar cvf my_txt_files.tar `find . -type f -name ".txt"`

Untar file in current directory¶

tar xvzf <file.tar.gz>

backup home dir exclude dot files¶

tar exclude=".??*" -zcvf ./home_backup_2008.tar.gz  my_home

Tar a directory excluding CVS, SVN, GIT and similar directories¶

tar -cvj exclude-vcs -f archive.tar.bz2 somedirectory

Tar a directory and its sub-directory¶

tar cvfz dir_name.tgz dir/

have tar decide compression based on filename¶

tar -caf some_dir.tar.xz some_dir

Last update: August 10, 2022
Created: August 10, 2022