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Using tar comand to achive range of files

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knyam

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Is there a way in which you can use tar command to archive a range of files?

I would want to archive all directories except those starting with c*. i.e achive files from a to b and d to z.

how best can this be done?
 
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Something like this perhaps (assuming these directories are in the current working directory)?

Code: 
tar cvf /tmp/archive.tar [!c]*

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It has worked. Thank you.
 
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