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I downloaded some of my data in fastq format instead of fastq.gz. I want to upload my data on a server now.

I was wondering if there is a way to convert my fastq files to fastq.gz on windows (I read some stuff about python, but I'm not quite sure) before uploading them on the server, since it takes a lot of time uploading the fastq files.

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    $\begingroup$ How about downloading onto the server directly? How did you download, as when it is from NCBI it will be faster to just redownload and gzip-compress on the fly. $\endgroup$
    – user3051
    Jul 3, 2021 at 13:26

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7zip is file archiver capable of running gzip-style compression, and runs on Windows: https://www.7-zip.org/

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If your Windows 10 build number is 17063 or later, you can use tar command to compress file in Windows PowerShell:

tar -vczf output.fq.gz input.fastq

The -z flag means to compress archive with gzip.

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Bioinformatics is 99% done in Unix-like environments, and trying to come up with Windows solutions is unnecessary effort. The Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL2) provides you with a native Linux distribution within Windows that easily allow you to do any Unix-ish thing such as running gzip. It is straight-forward to install, see its online documentation.

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