how to recursively 7z files of the same name only with small variants on the file name?
I'm having problems zipping a whole lot of files (around 20,000) into 7z using the terminal.
I have files stacked up like this:
Very Very Similar File.ext
Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
...
I have been trying to find a command or a way to save the files compressed into 7z for achiving purposes like this:
Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Very Very Similar File.ext
___Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
_____Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
___Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
Each containing their own variants of those similar files, but anything I thought of trying would be too painful and slow to get working.
After a couple tries, I managed to find out a way to compress one group of files together uzing 7z and a wildcard:
7zr a Very Very Similar File*.ext Very Very Similar File.7z
This command produces exactly what I want; zip all the files with the same filename and only slight variations of the file name into one 7z file. I'm having trouble automating this task so it does this exact thing with each group of files in this folder.
recursive archive 7z p7zip
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
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I'm having problems zipping a whole lot of files (around 20,000) into 7z using the terminal.
I have files stacked up like this:
Very Very Similar File.ext
Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
...
I have been trying to find a command or a way to save the files compressed into 7z for achiving purposes like this:
Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Very Very Similar File.ext
___Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
_____Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
___Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
Each containing their own variants of those similar files, but anything I thought of trying would be too painful and slow to get working.
After a couple tries, I managed to find out a way to compress one group of files together uzing 7z and a wildcard:
7zr a Very Very Similar File*.ext Very Very Similar File.7z
This command produces exactly what I want; zip all the files with the same filename and only slight variations of the file name into one 7z file. I'm having trouble automating this task so it does this exact thing with each group of files in this folder.
recursive archive 7z p7zip
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
62
It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42
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I'm having problems zipping a whole lot of files (around 20,000) into 7z using the terminal.
I have files stacked up like this:
Very Very Similar File.ext
Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
...
I have been trying to find a command or a way to save the files compressed into 7z for achiving purposes like this:
Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Very Very Similar File.ext
___Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
_____Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
___Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
Each containing their own variants of those similar files, but anything I thought of trying would be too painful and slow to get working.
After a couple tries, I managed to find out a way to compress one group of files together uzing 7z and a wildcard:
7zr a Very Very Similar File*.ext Very Very Similar File.7z
This command produces exactly what I want; zip all the files with the same filename and only slight variations of the file name into one 7z file. I'm having trouble automating this task so it does this exact thing with each group of files in this folder.
recursive archive 7z p7zip
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
62
I'm having problems zipping a whole lot of files (around 20,000) into 7z using the terminal.
I have files stacked up like this:
Very Very Similar File.ext
Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
...
I have been trying to find a command or a way to save the files compressed into 7z for achiving purposes like this:
Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Very Very Similar File.ext
___Very Very Similar File (v1).ext
_____Very Very Similar File (b3).ext
Another Very Very Similar File.7z
CONTAINING:
__ Another Very Very Similar File (d2).ext
___Another Very Very Similar File (q3).ext
Each containing their own variants of those similar files, but anything I thought of trying would be too painful and slow to get working.
After a couple tries, I managed to find out a way to compress one group of files together uzing 7z and a wildcard:
7zr a Very Very Similar File*.ext Very Very Similar File.7z
This command produces exactly what I want; zip all the files with the same filename and only slight variations of the file name into one 7z file. I'm having trouble automating this task so it does this exact thing with each group of files in this folder.
recursive archive 7z p7zip
recursive archive 7z p7zip
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
62
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
62
edited Mar 6 at 16:44
Webodan
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
62
asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
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asked Mar 6 at 16:15
WebodanWebodan
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It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42
|
show 1 more comment
It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42
It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42
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It's very hard to understand the question, please give a better example of the file layout and the commands you used. What approaches have you tried so far?
– eblock
Mar 6 at 16:23
Sure, sorry. I'm trying to compress all the files that have the same filename on them but are slight variants of each file, and only have really small variations on the file name. I want all those files that are named the same and only have slightly different filenames zipped each one into its own 7z file containing all the slightly different files. I'm purely trying to save space as all these files unzipped take up both a lot of screen space and a lot of physical space on my drive.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:26
I've added some more clarification on the OP, sorry again I'm bad at explaining this specific problem
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:34
What are the rules for determining if a file is "similar".
– Stephen Harris
Mar 6 at 16:39
Like I typed in my example, they are similar since they have the exact same file name except for a parenthesis added with a letter and a number in them to distinguish them.
– Webodan
Mar 6 at 16:42