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tar - exclude certain files

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Mar 15, 202619398 views
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I wish to tar all files in a directory and its subdirectories that do NOT end in .jpg, .bmp, .gif, or png. So, given the following folders and files: I want to tar only the files file.txt and file. file.gif and image.jpg should be ignored. I would also like to maintain the folder structure. My firs…

Error Output

foo/file.txt
foo/file.gif
foo/bar/file
foo/bar/image.jpg

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