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When I want to exclude directories when taring, I typically use syntax like this:
tar -zcf /backup/backup.tar.gz --exclude="/home/someuser/.ssh" /home/someuser How can I modify this to exclude all hidden directories, for example, in addition to .ssh/, I also want to exclude .vnc/, .wine/, etc.
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Sometimes it's nice if you are tar zipping a directory (let's say for a backup) and want to exclude a directory. For instance, if you are backing up a project and want to exclude the images directory (for size) or exclude the build or dist directory you can run the linux tar command with the --exclude option.
Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. tar on a directory mydir will archive hidden files and hidden subdirectories, but tar from within mydir with a * wildcard will not.
You can use --exclude=".*"
$ tar -czvf test.tgz test/ test/ test/seen test/.hidden $ tar --exclude=".*" -czvf test.tgz test/ test/ test/seen Be careful if you are taring the current directory, since it will also be excluded by this pattern matching.
$ cd test $ tar --exclude=".*" -czvf test.tgz ./ $ tar -czvf test.tgz ./ ./ ./seen ./.hidden Then you need to use --exclude='.[^/]*' as described elsewhere
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