Use the –exclude option. You can use it multiple times.
Eg:
[[email protected]] ~/temp/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86/sdk/platform-tools $l total 37828 -rw-rw---- 1 droidzone droidzone 467531 Nov 9 21:53 NOTICE.txt -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 1117360 Nov 9 21:52 aapt -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 1226659 Nov 9 21:52 adb -rw------- 1 droidzone droidzone 10131302 Nov 28 15:06 adbtools.tbz2 -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 269818 Nov 9 21:52 aidl drwxrwx--- 2 droidzone droidzone 4096 Nov 9 21:53 api -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 439993 Nov 9 21:52 dexdump -rwxrwxr-x 1 droidzone droidzone 2603 Nov 9 21:52 dx -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 176294 Nov 9 21:52 fastboot drwxrwx--- 2 droidzone droidzone 4096 Nov 9 21:52 lib -rwxrwx--- 1 droidzone droidzone 24867587 Nov 9 21:52 llvm-rs-cc drwxrwx--- 4 droidzone droidzone 4096 Nov 9 21:52 renderscript -rw-rw---- 1 droidzone droidzone 33 Nov 9 21:52 source.properties [[email protected]] ~/temp/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86/sdk/platform-tools $tar -jcvvf adbtools.tbz2 * --exclude=renderscript --exclude=lib --exclude=api -rw-rw---- droidzone/droidzone 467531 2012-11-09 21:53 NOTICE.txt -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 1117360 2012-11-09 21:52 aapt -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 1226659 2012-11-09 21:52 adb -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 269818 2012-11-09 21:52 aidl -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 439993 2012-11-09 21:52 dexdump -rwxrwxr-x droidzone/droidzone 2603 2012-11-09 21:52 dx -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 176294 2012-11-09 21:52 fastboot -rwxrwx--- droidzone/droidzone 24867587 2012-11-09 21:52 llvm-rs-cc -rw-rw---- droidzone/droidzone 33 2012-11-09 21:52 source.properties
Joel G Mathew, known in tech circles by the pseudonym Droidzone, is an opensource and programming enthusiast.
He is a full stack developer, whose favorite languages are currently Python and Vue.js. He is also fluent in Javascript, Flutter/Dart, Perl, PHP, SQL, C and bash shell scripting. He loves Linux, and can often be found tinkering with linux kernel code, and source code for GNU applications. He used to be an active developer on XDA forums, and his tinkered ROMS used to be very popular in the early 2000s.
His favorite pastime is grappling with GNU compilers, discovering newer Linux secrets, writing scripts, hacking roms, and programs (nothing illegal), reading, blogging. and testing out the latest gadgets.
When away from the tech world, Dr Joel G. Mathew is a practising ENT Surgeon, busy with surgeries and clinical practise.