using-7z-to-compress.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Verify if the directory argument is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "Please provide the path to the directory you want to compress as the first argument."
	exit 1
fi

# Verify if the directory exists
directory="$1"
if [ ! -d "$directory" ]; then
	echo "Directory not found!"
	exit 1
fi

# Get the directory name
directory_name=$(basename "$directory")

# Compress the directory using 7z
7z a "$directory_name.7z" "$directory"

echo "Compression complete!"