Use when you want to archive a folder without all the heavy files

tar folder, minus videos, images, etc

Using exclude
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--exclude=pattern

tar --exclude={*.mp4,*.mov,*.wav,*.wmv,*.mpg,*.mpeg,*.flv,*.avi,*.ogv,*.ogg,*.webm,*.wav,*.mp3,*.wma,*.7z,*.gz,*.tar,*.zip,*.sql,*.jpg,*.gif,*.png,*.svg,*.ico} -cvf output.file.tar input.file


Using exclude with text file
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-X file

patterns.txt
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*.mp4
*.mp3
*.mov
...etc.

tar -X patterns.txt -cvf output.file.tar input.file