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Old 09-14-2011
You forgot the -tf - which you should add to the very end.

-t just prints files, doesn't actually extract them -- it's a dry run. Once you're sure it does what you want, change -tf - to -xf -.
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Old 09-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Code:
find path/to/dir -name '*.ext' |
        tar -cf - |
        ssh username@host tar -C /path/to/dest -tf -

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
The order can be reversed with a little work.
Code:
ssh username@host find /remote/source -name "'*.ext'" '|' xargs tar -cf - |
        tar -C /local/dest -tf -

Note the extra single quotes around *.ext and |, those are necessary to get that bit running on the remote server.
Hi Corona688, your above code will create tar ball along with the directory path, "path/to/dir" or "remote/source", if I want to by-pass the path and want to tar only the files, the below code is giving me error:
Code:
find path/to/dir -name '*.ext' |
        (cd path/to/dir; tar -cf -) |
        ssh username@host tar -C /path/to/dest -tf -

Please help me to solve this. Also, I have to use xargs before tar -cf, otherwise I am getting the error tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
 
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