Help using find command

[Rob Myroon]

Thanks Ron. This works perfectly.


Ron McKeever wrote:
> How about:
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> find . -regex '.*\(odt\|ods\|sxc\)$' | tar -c -T - | gzip > 
> /root/openoffice.tar.gz
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> then
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> confirm with
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> # tar –ztvf /root/openoffice.tar.gz
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> Ron
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rob Myroon
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:47 PM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Help using find command
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> Hi list,
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> I am trying to tar up all the openoffice files on my server using the
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> find command. The command I have come up with only tars the last file
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> found by the find command.
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> # find . -regex '.*\(odt\|ods\|sxc\)$' -exec cvzf
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> /root/openofficefiles.tar.gz {} \;
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> Can someone tell me how to make this work? (I realize that there are
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> more openoffice extensions.)
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> Thanks,
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> Rob
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