Unix Tip: ARCHIVE ONLY FILES

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Unix Tip 3095 - July 28, 2009

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ARCHIVE ONLY FILES

The following will archive only the regular files in a directory, ommitting subdirectories and hidden files:

ls -al | awk '$0!~/^d/ {print $9}' | xargs tar cvf archive_name.tar

This tip generously supported by: steve-g@bigfoot.com

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