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Title:
How to compress 3000 images in batches of 50
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June 18, 2019
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Let’s assume your images are stored in ~/Pictures which is shorthand for /home/USER_ID/Pictures. Place the following commands in your home directory in a script file called CompressImages. Make the file executable using:
chmod a+x ~/CompressImages
Call the script using:
~/CompressImages
Copy the following script into the file ~/CompressImages:
#!/bin/bash
# Where to store Tars? We don't want in Images directory
COMPRESSED_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
# TARs created with name below + "_999.tar"
TAR_NAME="CompressedImages"
# Directory Images are located in
FILES="$HOME/Pictures/*"
FileCount=50 # Number of files compressed into one Tar
TarCount=0 # Count of Tars created
i=0
for f in $FILES
do
if [[ $(( i % FileCount )) -eq 0 ]] ; then
let TarCount++
TarName="$COMPRESSED_DIR/$TAR_NAME$TarCount.tar"
tar -cvpf "$TarName" "$f" # create .tar & add first file
else
tar -rvpf "$TarName" "$f" # Add to existing tar
fi
let i++
done
After running CompressImages script check the results:
$ ll -h ~/Downloads/*.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 14M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages10.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 48M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages11.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 16M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages12.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 55M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages13.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 45M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages14.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 43M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages15.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 37M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages16.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 38M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages17.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 44M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages18.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 47M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages19.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 180M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages1.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 53M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages20.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 33M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages21.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 13M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages22.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 26M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages23.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 1.4M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages24.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 13M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages2.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 15M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages3.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 23M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages4.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 11M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages5.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 12M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages6.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 20M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages7.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 7.4M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages8.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rick rick 21M Jun 18 16:55 Downloads/CompressedImages9.tar