Thursday, May 26, 2022

[SOLVED] How to zip multiple folders separately in linux

Issue

Below mentioned folders contain some data. I need to zip all the folders separately.

ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-1       
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-4  
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-7
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-3      
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-5  
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-8
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-2      
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-6

With this Command, I can zip only one folder

zip -r ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-3.zip ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-3

How can I zip all the folders separately at once?


Solution

First, make sure that you are in the directory where the above mentioned folders are. Then run:

find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -execdir zip '{}.zip' '{}' \;

This will find all the directories and zip them with the names:

ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-1.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-4.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-7.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-3.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-5.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-8.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-2.zip
ItembankUpdate-20210602-NGSS-6.zip


Answered By - Rishikesh
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)