In the following script, How do I exclude a directory in the loop? I want to do this because all files are symlinks pointing to this directory that exists in the same level, so I don't want to add it.
cd /var/www
for dir in */
do
base=$(basename "$dir")
tar -czfh "${base}.tar.gz" "$dir"
done
You can add a continue statement like this :
cd /var/www
for dir in */
do
if [ "$dir" == "foo" ] ; then
continue;
fi
base=$(basename "$dir")
tar -czfh "${base}.tar.gz" "$dir"
done
Or you can do it with find command :
find /var/www -maxdepth 1 -type d \( -name foo \) -prune -o -print -exec bash -c "tar -czfh \`basename {}\`.tar.gz {}" \;
You need to enable extglob for this if it's not already enabled (shopt -s extglob):
for dir in !(dirname)/
...
