how to tar subdirectories by file type?

**SethLeonard** · 12-05-2005, 07:10 PM

Does anyone know how I can tar a directory and all its subdirectories, but only of a given file type?

For example, I'd like to take only the .php files from:

dir/subdir/file.php
dir/subdir/file2.php
dir/subdir/file.txt
dir/file.php
dir/file.txt

Thus only archiving the 3 .php files.

I tried tar -cvf dir/*.php but it didn't go into subdir.

I know in this case I could do it manually pretty easily but I'm trying to do it with a directory that has about 20 subdirectories (some of which have subdirectories) and a large number of files in each.

Any help?

Thanks,
Seth

**Outlaw** · 12-05-2005, 07:38 PM

How about:

Code:

[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ find junk
junk
junk/stuff
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/who.txt
junk/stuff/crap
junk/stuff/crap/where.txt
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php
junk/what.txt

Code:

[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ tar cvzf - `find junk -type f -name &quot;*.php&quot;` &gt;files_php.tar.gz
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php
[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ tar tzf files_php.tar.gz 
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php

**SethLeonard** · 12-05-2005, 07:51 PM

[quote author=Radar link=board=1;threadid=10827;start=0#msg97046 date=1133811504]
How about:

Code:

[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ find junk
junk
junk/stuff
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/who.txt
junk/stuff/crap
junk/stuff/crap/where.txt
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php
junk/what.txt

Code:

[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ tar cvzf - `find junk -type f -name &quot;*.php&quot;` &gt;files_php.tar.gz
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php
[radar@Dell-i8500 tmp]$ tar tzf files_php.tar.gz 
junk/stuff/2.php
junk/stuff/crap/3.php
junk/1.php

[/quote]

That does it.

Awesome, thank you.

**AljoshaNL** · 12-17-2005, 11:11 AM

[quote author=SethLeonard link=board=1;threadid=10827;start=0#msg97044 date=1133809828]
Does anyone know how I can tar a directory and all its subdirectories, but only of a given file type?

For example, I'd like to take only the .php files from:

dir/subdir/file.php
dir/subdir/file2.php
dir/subdir/file.txt
dir/file.php
dir/file.txt

Thus only archiving the 3 .php files.

I tried tar -cvf dir/*.php but it didn't go into subdir.

I know in this case I could do it manually pretty easily but I'm trying to do it with a directory that has about 20 subdirectories (some of which have subdirectories) and a large number of files in each.

Any help?

Thanks,
Seth
[/quote]
It is easier:
tar -cvf -recursion dir/*.php