tar fu

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# Find all files in the last 45 mins, print them null separated and from that create an new tgz using standard-in as a file
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find . -cmin -45 -type f -print0 | tar -cvzf ../../foo.tgz --null -T -

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# Same as above however first searches for .nexus|.meta dir and prunes. 
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find . -not \( -name \.nexus -prune \) -not \( -name \.meta -prune \) -not \( -name central-m1 -prune \) -cmin -45 -type f -print0 | tar -cvzf ../../foo.tgz --null -T -