Create Squashfs From Lz4 Tar Excluding Regex Files

Lz4cat command syntax to create squashfs from lz4 tar excluding regex files. Copyable examples, output expectations, and common mistakes.

Terminal

lz4cat <archive.tar.lz4> | sqfstar <filesystem.squashfs> -regex "<regex>"

lz4cat <archive.tar.lz4> | sqfstar <filesystem.squashfs> -regex "<regex>"

#!/bin/bash

# Create Squashfs From Lz4 Tar Excluding Regex Files
lz4cat {{archive.tar.lz4}} | sqfstar {{filesystem.squashfs}} -regex "{{regex}}"

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

lz4cat: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Lz4cat before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<archive.tar.lz4>: archive.tar.lz4; The value supplied for archive.tar.lz4.
<filesystem.squashfs>: Input Files; The file path or paths supplied to this command.
<regex>: regex; The value supplied for regex.
-regex: Command Option; Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

Alternative Approaches

Alternative tools that share the "compress" operation intent.