On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:07:18 +0100, Peter Terpstra wrote:

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> Dear readers,
>
> How can i exclude with the tar command a list of files ending
> on .gz .deb .rpm .iso .zip an so on?

tar --help gives (amongst other things);

--exclude=PATTERN exclude files, given as a PATTERN

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