Comments on: How To: Compress a Directory of Files into Individual Archives http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives A number-pimping side project from the valleys in *NEW* upside-down flavour. Tue, 15 May 2012 23:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ray http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7702 Ray Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:55:12 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7702 Thanks to shetboy, the one liner works very well for me to tar zip all files in a directory individual Thanks to shetboy, the one liner works very well for me to tar zip all files in a directory individual

]]> By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7649 r3dux Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:30:49 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7649 Glad you like =D To make it easily executable, why not stick it in a bash script, make the bash script executable and then sling it in /usr/local/bin. Alternatively, Ctrl+R then typing the first part of the command (then hitting Ctrl+R again as many times as you like) allows you to search your bash command history, but I think a bash script is the better solution. Cheers, r3dux Glad you like =D

To make it easily executable, why not stick it in a bash script, make the bash script executable and then sling it in /usr/local/bin.

Alternatively, Ctrl+R then typing the first part of the command (then hitting Ctrl+R again as many times as you like) allows you to search your bash command history, but I think a bash script is the better solution.

Cheers,
r3dux

]]> By: Detron Phillips http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7648 Detron Phillips Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:43:11 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7648 I love your find . -type f -name '*' ! -name '*.7z' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt "$1".7z "$1"' : {} \; command, but I have one question. usually I add things like this to my bashrc file as an alias, but since it has single and double quotes, that is not an option. how can I make this a bashrc function, or a stand alone program that i can call at any time? thanks! I love your find . -type f -name ‘*’ ! -name ‘*.7z’ -execdir sh -c ’7z a -mx9 -mmt “$1″.7z “$1″‘ : {} \; command, but I have one question.

usually I add things like this to my bashrc file as an alias, but since it has single and double quotes, that is not an option.

how can I make this a bashrc function, or a stand alone program that i can call at any time?

thanks!

]]> By: Pawel http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7462 Pawel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:52 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7462 Thanks a lot! This works like a charm. You knew it. :) I am currently searching for more of you bash scripts. Since GUI is not very friendly for a screen reader under Linux I like to stay with the command line. Best, Pawel. Thanks a lot! This works like a charm. You knew it. :)
I am currently searching for more of you bash scripts. Since GUI is not very friendly for a screen reader under Linux I like to stay with the command line.
Best,
Pawel.

]]> By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7459 r3dux Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00:37 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7459 Just place the destination path before the <strong>"$1".7z</strong> part like this: <pre lang="bash">find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt <destination-path>/"$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;</pre> For example, if I wanted to compress each directory into a 7z archive and have them placed in the folder <strong>~/backups</strong> (where ~ gets substituted for the current users home directory, so for me would equate to <strong>/home/r3dux</strong>), I could use: <pre lang="bash">find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt ~/backups/"$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;</pre> Hope this helps. Just place the destination path before the “$1″.7z part like this:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt <destination-path>/"$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;

For example, if I wanted to compress each directory into a 7z archive and have them placed in the folder ~/backups (where ~ gets substituted for the current users home directory, so for me would equate to /home/r3dux), I could use:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt ~/backups/"$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Pawel http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7458 Pawel Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:22:21 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7458 Thanks for sharing this with us. I am almost there. Only thing which is missing is relocating 7z files to another location. adding -o"/newpath/$1".7z and other combination did not work for me. Any suggestion please? I have over 630 GBs collection in front of me to be compressed and archived, so you assistance is highly appreciated. Best, Pawel. Thanks for sharing this with us. I am almost there. Only thing which is missing is relocating 7z files to another location. adding -o”/newpath/$1″.7z and other combination did not work for me. Any suggestion please? I have over 630 GBs collection in front of me to be compressed and archived, so you assistance is highly appreciated.
Best,
Pawel.

]]> By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7457 r3dux Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:29:57 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7457 I tried it with the -d instead of -f and got the <strong>..7z</strong> file as well (which is a single archive of everything in all the directories). But I also noticed that the command went into every folder and compressed every subfolder into its own .7z file, too! Not what we want! The fix for this is to tell find to only traverse 1 directory deep (<strong>-maxdepth 1</strong> - keep this as the first parameter specifed or find will complain), and then also tell it to exclude the current directory we're running the command in (<strong>! -name '.'</strong>). The end result to compress all subdirectories in the directory where you run the command then becomes: <pre lang="bash">find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '*.7z' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt "$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;</pre> But this will also exclude any directories that end with .7z, which you're unlikely to have, so a better version is: <pre lang="bash">find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt "$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;</pre> Cheers! I tried it with the -d instead of -f and got the ..7z file as well (which is a single archive of everything in all the directories). But I also noticed that the command went into every folder and compressed every subfolder into its own .7z file, too! Not what we want!

The fix for this is to tell find to only traverse 1 directory deep (-maxdepth 1 – keep this as the first parameter specifed or find will complain), and then also tell it to exclude the current directory we’re running the command in (! -name ‘.’).

The end result to compress all subdirectories in the directory where you run the command then becomes:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '*.7z' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt "$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;

But this will also exclude any directories that end with .7z, which you’re unlikely to have, so a better version is:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*' ! -name '.' -execdir sh -c '7z a -mx9 -mmt "$1".7z "$1"' : {} \;

Cheers!

]]> By: Pawel http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-7453 Pawel Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:38:41 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-7453 Hi, To compress multiple directories into separate archive files I modified your one liner by changing -type f to -type d and everything seemed to be fine except I was gettin a strange, huge ./.7z file besides all of the required archive files. Not sure what needs to be modified to make it work 'better'. Thanks, Pawel. Hi,
To compress multiple directories into separate archive files I modified your one liner by changing -type f to -type d and everything seemed to be fine except I was gettin a strange, huge ./.7z file besides all of the required archive files. Not sure what needs to be modified to make it work ‘better’.
Thanks,
Pawel.

]]> By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-5816 r3dux Thu, 13 May 2010 06:52:16 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-5816 Got a hit from a forum which saw the post, who also say that using "~n" will strip the file extension, for example: <pre>for %f in (*.adf) do echo %~nf</pre> Just saving this info here for future reference! :) Got a hit from a forum which saw the post, who also say that using “~n” will strip the file extension, for example:

for %f in (*.adf) do echo %~nf

Just saving this info here for future reference! :)

]]> By: James McDonald http://r3dux.org/2009/04/how-to-compress-a-directory-of-files-into-individual-archives/#comment-5804 James McDonald Mon, 10 May 2010 11:13:22 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=439#comment-5804 A belated "You're Welcome!" :) A belated “You’re Welcome!” :)

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