Recursive File Operations: Compress Files With Gzip

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        This will recursively traverse the entire directory tree from the current directory down and compress every file.

for /r %V IN (*) DO gzip -9v "%V"

this will recursively traverse the entire directory tree from the current directory down and uncompress every file.

for /r %V IN (*.gz) DO gzip -dv "%V"

make sure you have gzip in your path.    

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