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    From JR Dolobson@[email protected] to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Fri Mar 6 16:40:25 2026
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    In Ubuntu, right now I'm selecting each individual file (left clicking),
    right clicking and choosing compress, keeping same file name, and then entering password, then create but this is going to take a long time for
    well over a hundred files! I don't want to create a new archive name
    for the group as this will mean that all would have to be unzipped
    later. I just want to keep original file names. thanks
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  • From George@[email protected] to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Fri Mar 6 22:55:32 2026
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    On 06/03/2026 21:40, JR Dolobson wrote:
    In Ubuntu, right now I'm selecting each individual file (left
    clicking), right clicking and choosing compress, keeping same file
    name, and then entering password, then create but this is going to
    take a long time for well over a hundred files!  I don't want to
    create a new archive name for the group as this will mean that all
    would have to be unzipped later.  I just want to keep original file names.  thanks


    Try this:

    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    for f in *; do [[ -f "$f" && ! "$f" =~ \.gz$ ]] && gzip -9 "$f"; done

    ,gz doesn't support passwords!



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