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dasegn/split_and_join.sh

Created December 24, 2015 06:50
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Split one big TAR file in little parts / join back all in original file
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split_and_join.sh
# Create and split file (4GB parts)
sudo tar -zcf - directory_or_file | split -b 4000m - part.tar.gz.
# Join all parts in one file
cat part.tar.gz.* > big-file.tar.gz
# Join all parts and extract (actual path)
cat part.tar.gz.* | tar xzf -
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