Tar a file from directory based on date
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How to compress(tar) some files based particular period of date from directory which has containing a lot of files.
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How to compress(tar) some files based particular period of date from directory which has containing a lot of files.
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Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
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How to compress(tar) some files based particular period of date from directory which has containing a lot of files.
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How to compress(tar) some files based particular period of date from directory which has containing a lot of files.
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asked Nov 21 at 10:08
Jasil Op
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asked Nov 21 at 10:08
Jasil Op
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asked Nov 21 at 10:08
Jasil Op
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asked Nov 21 at 10:08
Jasil Op
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asked Nov 21 at 10:08
Jasil Op
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Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
Nov 21 at 13:26
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Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
Nov 21 at 13:26
Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
Nov 21 at 13:26
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
Nov 21 at 13:26
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I would use find then pipe that into tar u.
find . -type f -newermt 2018-11-20 -not -newermt 2018-11-21 | tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
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I would use find then pipe that into tar u.
find . -type f -newermt 2018-11-20 -not -newermt 2018-11-21 | tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
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I would use find then pipe that into tar u.
find . -type f -newermt 2018-11-20 -not -newermt 2018-11-21 | tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
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I would use find then pipe that into tar u.
find . -type f -newermt 2018-11-20 -not -newermt 2018-11-21 | tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
answered Nov 21 at 12:58
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I would use find then pipe that into tar u.
find . -type f -newermt 2018-11-20 -not -newermt 2018-11-21 | tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz
answered Nov 21 at 12:58
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Need example. Is not clean what period you mean.
– S_Flash
Nov 21 at 11:13
please would you like to tar the whole directory based on the current date or tar individual files based on current date
– ptetteh227
Nov 21 at 11:14
@ptetteh227 directory itself containing lot of files,so i want to compress one day to next day's files(example 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-20).So mentioning every file is very much difficulty.
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 11:48
There is a folder contains lot files , so i want to compress a particular day's files completely.@S_Flash
– Jasil Op
Nov 21 at 12:34
@JasilOp Please edit your question to add all the details you posted in comments. It helps to keep our Q&A style tidy and could also bring more attention since an edited question gets bounced on the homepage. See also How do comments work?
– Melebius
Nov 21 at 13:26