Backup modified files

Backup

$ cat list.txt
/home/arun/.bashrc
/home/arun/.vimrc
/home/arun/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini
/opt/tor-browser_en-US/Docs/ChangeLog.txt

$ take_backup.sh list.txt

$ tar -xvf backup-timestamp.tar.bz2 -C /

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#!/bin/bash
#file: take_backup.sh
lt_red='\e[1;31m'
BACKUP_DIR=backup-$(date "+%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")
mkdir $BACKUP_DIR
cat $1 | xargs cp --parents -t $BACKUP_DIR
cd $BACKUP_DIR
tar -jcvf ../$BACKUP_DIR.tar.bz2 *
cd ..
rm -rf $BACKUP_DIR
echo -e ${lt_red}Backed-up in $BACKUP_DIR.tar.bz2
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