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All of the command line examples I'm seeing show how to create LAZ files in the same folder as the LAS files, e.g.:

C:\Folder\tools>laszip F:\Folder\LAS_points\*.las

Unfortunately, I don't have enough space in that directory to create and save LAZ files there. I need to save them elsewhere. How can I edit the command line to get the LAZ files to save to, say, G:\Folder\LAZ_points?

Andre Silva
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Kristen G.
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  • @AndreSilva True, an answer to that question now mentions -odir and saving to another folder, but it looks like you edited that a few hours ago, after I posted this Q. So I'm not sure I'd call this one a duplicate as that would imply your answer existed previously. Apologies if I'm not understanding. I'm not a power user. – Kristen G. Sep 28 '18 at 20:13
  • I edited my answer there to reference your Q/A here, so it is clear this Q was not a duplicate when it was asked. – Andre Silva Sep 28 '18 at 21:35

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My colleague and I figured it out (she figured out "odir"):

C:\somefolder\tools>laszip -i F:\anotherfolder\LAS_points\*.las -odir G:\yetanotherfolder\LAZ_points

This will create LAZ files in a folder for all of the LAS files in another folder.

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You can specify the output location using the -o option. For example:

laszip -i lidar.las -o lidar.laz
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  • Would you mind including a more readable example like I gave above in my question, including dummy file paths? I'm having a hard time translating what you wrote into the way it should actually be written in command line. (Sorry, I'm not a command line expert in the slightest). – Kristen G. Sep 12 '18 at 18:57
  • For example: C:\Folder\tools>laszip -i F:\Folder\LAS_points\*.las -o G:\Folder\LAZ_points<WHAT GOES HERE?> – Kristen G. Sep 12 '18 at 19:03
  • I could make this work with single files (saving in a different directory using the -o identifier if file path is specified); but did not succeed with wildcards * (only succeeded with -odir for this case). – Andre Silva Sep 28 '18 at 16:44