Compress files from a directory in gzip format (*.gz)

Question

I have a directory that contains files with different file extensions and I have to compress them one by one because the 7z program does not allow me to do it massively. for Example:

• List item

• file1.xyz

• file2.rrr

• file3.qwe

• file250.pep

expected output

• file1.xyz.gz

• file2.rrr.gz

• file3.qwe.gz

• file250.pep.gz

any idea how to do this in R? thank you

Answer 1

Yes you can do this in R. Assuming your files are in a subdirectory called files:

files  <- dir("./files/", full.names = TRUE)
lapply(files, R.utils::gzip, remove = FALSE)