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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4501- July  8, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4501- July  8, 2025
 
 
ARCHIVE ONLY FILES 
The following will archive
 only the regular files in
 a directory, ommitting
 subdirectories and hidden
 files:
 
 ls -al | awk '$0!~/^d/ {print $9}' | xargs tar cvf archive_name.tar
 
 
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