Comments on: How to Gzip Large (100GB+) Files Faster in Linux https://www.ubuntumint.com/gzip-large-files-in-linux/ UbuntuMint - Everything About Ubuntu Linux Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Ravi Saive https://www.ubuntumint.com/gzip-large-files-in-linux/#comment-39653 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:56:29 +0000 https://www.ubuntumint.com/?p=2711#comment-39653 In reply to PAA.

@techgeek,

To compress 98 out of 775 music artist folders using pigz on a Linux Mint PC, you can use the following command:

ls -d */ | shuf -n 98 | tar -c --files-from=- | pigz > compressed_folders.tar.gz
]]> By: PAA https://www.ubuntumint.com/gzip-large-files-in-linux/#comment-38119 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:27:40 +0000 https://www.ubuntumint.com/?p=2711#comment-38119 I want to select 98 (out of 775) music artist folders to compress so that I can upload them to a micro SD card via an adapter on a Linux Mint PC.

How can this be done with pigz?

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