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tar per directory

Terminal - tar per directory
cd <YOUR_DIRECTORY>; for i in `ls ./`; do tar czvf "$i".tar.gz "$i" ; done
2009-06-11 18:33:27
User: ElAlecs
Functions: cd tar
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tar per directory

Very simple and useful, you need to change the word "directory" for your directory

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instead running ls, you can just use bash wildcards:

for i in *
Comment by rhythmx 64 weeks and 5 days ago

Broken. Both versions.

mkdir a\ directory for i in `ls`; do tar czvf $i.tar.gz $i ; done

tar: a: Cannot stat: No such file or directory

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

tar: directory: Cannot stat: No such file or directory

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

for i in *; do tar czvf $i.tar.gz $i ; done

directory.tar.gz

a

tar: directory: Cannot stat: No such file or directory

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

a.tar.gz

directory.tar.gz

Comment by OJM 64 weeks and 5 days ago

You should change the "directory" word for your directory, i.e.

cd /home/myuser/

for i in `./` ; do tar zcvf $i.tar.gz $i; done

and this work just for directories without spaces in the name.

Comment by ElAlecs 64 weeks and 4 days ago

Use "$i" instead of $i if you want spaces in names to work.

Comment by rhythmx 64 weeks and 4 days ago

thanks @rhythmx

Comment by ElAlecs 64 weeks and 4 days ago

Or, in find:

find * -maxdepth 0 -type d -exec tar zcvf {}.tgz {} \;
Comment by braklet 64 weeks ago

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