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Conversion from rar to zip
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # | |
| # rar2zip conversion script | |
| # Based on: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/12/converting-rar-to-zip-in-linux/ | |
| # | |
| # Usage: rar2zip.sh file [file ...] | |
| echo "Converting RARs to ZIPs" | |
| # Use RAM disk for temporary files. | |
| WORKDIR="/dev/shm/" | |
| for INFILE in "$@"; do | |
| # Absolute path to old file | |
| OLDFILE=`realpath "${INFILE}"` | |
| # Get the file name without the extension | |
| BASENAME=`basename "${OLDFILE%.*}"` | |
| # Path for the file. The ".zip" file will be written there. | |
| DIRNAME=`dirname "$OLDFILE"` | |
| # Name of the .zip file | |
| NEWNAME="${DIRNAME}/$BASENAME.zip" | |
| if [ ! -e "${NEWNAME}" ]; then | |
| # Set name for the temp dir. This directory will be created under WORKDIR | |
| TEMPDIR=`mktemp -p "$WORKDIR" -d` | |
| # Create a temporary folder for unRARed files | |
| echo "Extracting $OLDFILE" | |
| rar x "$OLDFILE" "${TEMPDIR}/" | |
| # Zip the files with maximum compression | |
| 7z a -tzip -mx=9 "$NEWNAME" "${TEMPDIR}/*" | |
| # Alternative. MUCH SLOWER, but better compression | |
| # 7z a -mm=Deflate -mfb=258 -mpass=15 -r "$NEWNAME" * | |
| # Preserve file modification time | |
| touch -r "$OLDFILE" "$NEWNAME" | |
| # Delete the temporary directory | |
| rm -r "$TEMPDIR" | |
| # OPTIONAL. Safe-remove the old file | |
| gio trash "$OLDFILE" | |
| else | |
| echo "${NEWNAME}: File exists!" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "Conversion Done" |
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