files to text | a one liner to convert files in current directory to a one liner shell script for copy pasting small files

f2t.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <directory/files>"
  exit 1
fi

content=$(tar cf - --numeric-owner "$@" | gzip -c | base64) && echo " echo '$content' | base64 -d | gunzip -c | tar xf -"

here is the one liner:

sh <(echo 'content=$(tar cf - --numeric-owner "$@" | gzip -c | base64) && echo " echo '\''$content'\'' | base64 -d | gunzip -c | tar xf -"') .