A simple text files compressor written in Python
Requirements Python 2.6 or higher
Usage
python text_compressor.py source_dir destination_dir
The above command creates a new directory named destination_dir in the same root directory as the directory named source_dir with all text files compressed.
python text_compressor.py filename
The above command compresses the file named filename and overwrites it
Utilities text_compressor.py can be used to reduce the size of html, css, xml, javascript etc. files. Hosting a website with compressed files significantly increases its speed.
The software can also be used to compress the codes of programs like c, cpp, java (programs where statements are separated/terminated with characters like ';')
Common issues In Windows, if you get the message 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file, it's because Python is not not added to your environment path.
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