Find files and tar them (with spaces)

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Use this:

find . -type f -print0 | tar -czvf backup.tar.gz --null -T -

It will:

  • deal with files with spaces, newlines, leading dashes, and other funniness
  • handle an unlimited number of files
  • won’t repeatedly overwrite your backup.tar.gz like using tar -c with xargs will do when you have a large number of files

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