Bash - Compress all files from inside a folder

Xi0N · 2009-10-11 14:28:27

Hi!

I am looking for help on creating a script that can take all the files in a folder and compress them
In example:

In a directory i have:

file1.iso
file2.jpeg
file7.doc

I want the script to create for me:

file1.iso.7z
file2.jpeg.7z
file7.doc.7z

Thanks!

Spider.007 · 2009-10-11 14:30:30

for f in * ; do bzip2 $f ; done

Last edited by Spider.007 (2009-10-11 14:30:46)

Xi0N · 2009-10-11 14:37:52

Now ill look for the way to compress to 7z and thats all....

Thanks!!!!

Spider.007 · 2009-10-11 14:39:33

for f in * ; do 7z a $f.7z $f  ; done

probably?

Xi0N · 2009-10-11 14:47:47

That's what i was trying just now....... what to do for handling files with spaces in their names?
Sorry, Im a bit of a newb on bash scripting.... :S

Spider.007 · 2009-10-11 15:08:16

for f in * ; do 7z a "$f.7z" "$f"  ; done

ps http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ is a good read

Xi0N · 2009-10-11 15:15:15

Yeah, that did the deal...

Thanks for the P.S...... i sure need to read it........

.:B:. · 2009-10-11 16:59:43

Use xz-utils, it's on your system anyway. p7zip is also LZMA but a different implementation (p7zip will be able to read xz archives though if I'm not mistaken).

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#1 2009-10-11 14:28:27

Bash - Compress all files from inside a folder

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Re: Bash - Compress all files from inside a folder

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Re: Bash - Compress all files from inside a folder

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Re: Bash - Compress all files from inside a folder

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