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Old 03-07-2013
Copying all the .sh files into a tar file
Hi All ,
I need to tar all the .sh files in a server along with the path .
Please let me know is there any way this can be accomplished .
Need to grep through all the directories and sub directories in a server and tar all the .sh scripts .
# 2  
Old 03-07-2013
This is pretty much straightforward task.

Run find and tar:
Code:
find . -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs tar -cvf sh_scripts.tar

# 3  
Old 03-07-2013
No need for xargs, mant tar runs, just use "T - " tar option to read files to archive. An * prevents them being all prefixed with './':
Code:
find * -name "*.sh" -type f | tar -cvT - -f sh_scripts.tar

Man Page for tar (all Section 0) - The UNIX and Linux Forums
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Old 03-07-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
No need for xargs, mant tar runs, just use "T - " tar option to read files to archive. An * prevents them being all prefixed with './':
Code:
find * -name "*.sh" -type f | tar -cvT - -f sh_scripts.tar

Man Page for tar (all Section 0) - The UNIX and Linux Forums
Is that a standard option or a GNU one?
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Old 03-07-2013
Probably not for older tar's like my HPUX11.00. Solaris says -I, HP-UX 11.00 says nothing. I see tar can walk a tree, but no filter exclude/include options on old tar. Another reason to like cpio! Always took file names from stdin. Great for piping trees over the network:
Code:
find ... | cpio -o ... | bzip2 -9 | ssh somewho@somewhere 'cd target ; bunzip2 | cpio -i ...'

The compressor bzip2 multiplies the network speed and divides the ssh encryption cost. For some compress or gzip will be a better choice: less compression but faster flow.
Last edited by DGPickett; 03-07-2013 at 04:31 PM..
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Old 03-07-2013
Another simple way.

Send find output to a file.
Then, use tar --files-from option, with the file just created.

If any question, can view the file to see what is going to be tarred.
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Old 03-08-2013
--files-from is -T, see man page link above.
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