How to recursively archive each file?

Question

cmd/bat

There are many folders, each folder contains 1 file.
How to archive each of the files recursively with a script and delete the original one?

Answer 1

Assuming that all folders are in the same root directory (in the example c:\tmp), then something like this will be:

@echo off
set "source_dir=c:\tmp"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('dir /s/b "%source_dir%\*" ') do (
  rar a "%%~dpna" "%%~fa"
  del /f/q "%%~fa"
)

If the folders are scattered in different places, then you need to make changes, for example, store the list of folders in a text file or in a variable, then loop through each folder and pack. The scheme will be similar to the above script, the cycle will change a little. The option of storing the list of folders in a separate text file seems to be more preferable
. The question does not say where to write the archives. If they are written to the same place where the source files were, then when the script is called again, there will be a conflict. It is necessary to provide for skipping archive files.

Answer 2

Like this (did not check) Powershell

ls -Recurse -Attributes !Directory | %{ Compress-Archive $_.FullName ($_.FullName+".zip"); rm $_.FullName}

Answer 3

@echo off
for %%a in (*) do Rar.exe a -inul "%%a".rar "%%a"

and other examples