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Old 07-14-2012
This should work if for some reason one insist using tar:
Code:
touch txtarchive.tar && find . -type f -name "file-*.txt" -exec tar uf txtarchive.tar {} +

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Old 07-14-2012
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Originally Posted by Tribe
Could you provide examples with pax or cpio?
Code:
find path -type f '*.txt' | pax -w > txtarchive.tar

Many tar implementations have an option that allows them to read a file list from a file, allowing for find's output to be redirected and then read. In my opinion, not a very elegant solution. If I recall correctly, BSD tar uses -I and GNU tar uses -T. Like ps, tar is a ubiquitous utility whose usage, for anything non-trivial, varies a great deal between platforms of different lineage.

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Alister
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Old 07-19-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
Code:
find path -type f '*.txt' | pax -w > txtarchive.tar

Many tar implementations have an option that allows them to read a file list from a file, allowing for find's output to be redirected and then read. In my opinion, not a very elegant solution. If I recall correctly, BSD tar uses -I and GNU tar uses -T. Like ps, tar is a ubiquitous utility whose usage, for anything non-trivial, varies a great deal between platforms of different lineage.

Regards,
Alister
Thank you, it worked with pax and cpio after the proper fixes.

Code:
find path -name '*.txt' -type f  | pax -w > txtarchive.tar

Code:
find path -name '*.txt' -type f | cpio -ov -H ustar -F txtarchive.tar
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