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Install unrar on Linux box from sources
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cd /usr/src ; wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-4.0.2.tar.gz ; tar xvfz unrarsrc-4.0.2.tar.gz ; cd unrar ; ln -s makefile.unix Makefile ; make clean ; make ; make install

yababay · 2010-12-09 10:35:28 6
Backup to tape, rewind and check md5

Backups $DIR_TO_BACKUP into tape, creating on the fly a MD5SUM file of the backup. Then rewinds one record on tape and checks if it's well written.
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tar -cvf - $DIR_TO_BACKUP | tee >(md5sum > backup_md5.txt) > /dev/st0 && mt -f /dev/nst0 bsfm 1 && md5sum -c backup_md5.txt < /dev/st0

bugmenot · 2011-01-27 20:57:36 4
Create a tar of modified/added files since revision 1792.

The result of this command is a tar with all files that have been modified/added since revision 1792 until HEAD. This command is super useful for incremental releases.
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svn diff -r 1792:HEAD --summarize | awk '{if ($1 != "D") print $2}'| xargs -I {} tar rf incremental_release.tar {}

windfold · 2011-04-05 15:00:49 3
have tar decide compression based on filename

the -a flag causes tar to automatically pick the right compressor to filter the archive through, based on the file extension. e.g. "tar -xaf archive.tar.xz" is equivalent to "tar -xJf archive.tar.xz" "tar -xaf archive.tar.gz" is equivalent to "tar -xzf archive.tar.gz" No need to remember -z is gzip, -j is bzip2, -Z is .Z, -J is xz, and so on :)
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tar -caf some_dir.tar.xz some_dir

thetrivialstuff · 2011-06-09 19:00:06 3
Decompress all .tar.gz files and remove the compressed .tar.gz
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for i in *.tar.gz; do tar -x -v -z -f $i && rm -v $i; done

Nichlas · 2011-06-25 20:40:44 3
tar's and moves all contents of current directory to target dir
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tar cf - . |(cd /targetdir; tar xvf -)

jamomu · 2011-07-13 05:03:58 3
Backup entire system

Backup your entire system on a tar ball file format.
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cd / ; tar -cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/backup.tar.gz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/dev /

strzel_a · 2011-07-20 15:44:07 5
Archive tar.gz archives all files (with extension filter) individually from an location

This command will : -Archive all *.dmp files individually (one file per archive) from current directory . -Delete original file after has been compressed.
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find ./ -iname "*.dmp" -maxdepth 0 -type f -exec tar czvf {}.tar.gz --remove-files {} \; \;

evilinside · 2011-09-07 08:36:29 3
Tar Pipe

Simple tar pipe to be used to copy directories while including hidden files and maintaining file permissions
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(cd src && tar -cf - .) | (cd dest && tar -xpf -)

Cowboy · 2011-09-22 11:30:57 63
Create tarball of files modified in git
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tar czf git_mods_circa_dec23.tgz --files-from <(git ls-files -m)

jemptymethod · 2011-12-23 15:31:21 4
Extract remote gzip tarball
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ssh user@remote "cat /path/to/archive.tgz" | tar zxvf -

maxmanders · 2012-04-04 13:05:23 3
backup your file with tar and exclude the file or directory which you don't want
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tar zcvf /path/to/your-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.bz2 ./your/directory --exclude ./you/dont/want/to/include

liushuililuo · 2012-04-10 01:28:36 3
Create rsyncable tar archives with gzip compression
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GZIP="--rsyncable" tar -czf something.tgz /something

dash · 2012-04-24 19:06:56 4
Backup hidden files and folders in home directory

This will make a backup of all hidden files and folders in the home folder.
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tar zcpvf backup.tgz $(find $HOME -maxdepth 1 -name '.*' -and -not -name '.')

DavidAlfonso · 2012-05-01 17:48:24 19
Tar all files in a folder including hidden dot files
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tar -zcvf file.tgz ./

alairock · 2012-07-31 17:13:42 6
netcat - send tar archive remotely (sending side)

Tar's up $DIR locally (w/bzip2) and sends remotely to $HOST:$PORT where netcat listens (using openbsd netcat). Start up receiving side command first, then execute this.
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tar -cjf - $DIR | nc $HOST $PORT

taintedkernel · 2012-11-13 16:44:26 5
Tar dir excluding tmp
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tar -zcvf <archive<.tar.gz --exclude /home/szimbaro/tmp /home/szimbaro

szimbaro · 2013-02-27 13:47:59 4
Download and extract a tarball on a fly, saving it

Very similar as doing "wget http://example.com/mytarball|tar xzv", this one involves the "tee" command between both, which will simultaneously write the tarball and copy it to stdout. So this command will locally save the tarball and extract it - both at the same time while it downloads.
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wget -O- http://example.com/mytarball.tgz | tee mytarball.tgz | tar xzv

unixmonkey48888 · 2013-03-06 11:11:28 4
Encrypt directory with GnuPG and tar

Decrypt with: gpg -o- foo.tgz.gpg | tar zxvf -
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tar zcf - foo | gpg -c --cipher-algo aes256 -o foo.tgz.gpg

skkzsh · 2013-03-13 09:44:39 5
tar xz maximal compression

is preserving creation time, modification time, permission, the directory structure, etc. Show Sample Output
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tarfile.tar.xz
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XZ_OPT=-9 tar cJf tarfile.tar.xz directory

unixmonkey51864 · 2013-03-30 06:00:39 7
create tar.gz on solaris
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tar cfp - file-to-be-archived | gzip > archive.tar.gz

vaaclav · 2013-04-30 08:06:16 7
encrypt, split and get ready for dvd a large file via tar and ccrypt
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tar czf - /directory/to/tar | ccrypt -k yourpassword | split -b50m - /final/encrypted.cpt

symgryph · 2013-05-10 12:42:47 6
Put files back together after encrypted with tar and ccrypt
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cat file.gz.cpt *[a-z] | ccdecrypt -k yoursecretpassword | tar -xzf -

symgryph · 2013-05-10 12:44:12 9
Copy with TAR PV and NC

Do above at the Destination aka The Server. Do the following at the Source aka The Client: tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv | nc www.home.com 50002 If you want ETAs and stuff: tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv -s `du -sb /srcfolder | awk '{print $1}'` | nc www.home.com 50002 If you dont care about progress bars @ server/destination: tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv | nc www.home.com 50002 If you dont care about progress bars @ client/source: tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv -s `du -sb /srcfolder | awk '{print $1}'` | nc www.home.com 50002 I have this in alot better detail where there is more room to talk about it on my site: http://www.kossboss.com/linuxtarpvncssh Show Sample Output
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Do above at the Destination aka The Server.
Do the following at the Source aka The Client:
tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv | nc www.home.com 50002

If you want ETAs and stuff:
tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv -s `du -sb /srcfolder | awk '{print $1}'` | nc www.home.com 50002

If you dont care about progress bars @ server/destination:
tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv | nc www.home.com 50002
If you dont care about progress bars @ client/source:
tar -cf - /srcfolder | pv -s `du -sb /srcfolder | awk '{print $1}'` | nc www.home.com 50002

I have this in alot better detail where there is more room to talk about it on my site:
http://www.kossboss.com/linuxtarpvncssh
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while true; do nc -l -p 50002 | pv | tar -xf -; done

bhbmaster · 2013-05-30 07:17:23 10
SSH folder with progress bar and faster encryption with compression

NOTE: When doing these commands when asked for questions there might be flowing text from the pv doing the progress bar just continue typing as if its not there, close your eyes if it helps, there might be a yes or no question, type "yes" and ENTER to it, and also it will ask for a password, just put in your password and ENTER I talk alot more about this and alot of other variations of this command on my site: http://www.kossboss.com/linuxtarpvncssh Show Sample Output
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NOTE: When doing these commands when asked for questions there might be flowing text from the pv doing the progress bar just continue typing as if its not there, close your eyes if it helps, there might be a yes or no question, type "yes" and ENTER to it, and also it will ask for a password, just put in your password and ENTER

I talk alot more about this and alot of other variations of this command on my site:
http://www.kossboss.com/linuxtarpvncssh
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cd /srcfolder; tar -czf - . | pv -s `du -sb . | awk '{print $1}'` | ssh -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -p 50005 root@destination.com "tar -xzvf - -C /dstfolder"

bhbmaster · 2013-05-30 07:21:06 7
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