File Compression

Abstract

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• Process of reducing the size of one or more files to save storage space

Compress files in different folders without including the parent directories of the path

#!/bin/bash
set -eu
set -o pipefail
 
# Check if a filename argument is provided
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
 echo "Usage: xyz <filename> <path1> [<path2> ...]"
 exit 1
fi
 
filename=$1
 
# Create a temporary directory
mkdir myTempZip
 
# Copy required files to the temporary directory
for arg in "${@:2}"; do
 cp -R "$arg" ./myTempZip
 echo "$arg"
done
 
# Navigate to the temporary directory
cd myTempZip
 
# Zip the contents of the directory
zip -r "$filename" *
 
# Move the zip file to the parent directory
mv "$filename" ../
 
# Navigate back to the original directory
cd ..
 
# Remove the temporary directory
rm -rf myTempZip