diff --git a/cbr2cbz.py b/cbr2cbz.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+
+def execute(command):
+    os.system(command)
+    
+def print_err(message):
+    execute(">&2 echo \""+message+"\"")
+    
+def print_usage():
+    usage="cbr2cbz A script utility to convert CBR files into CBZ files"
+    usage+="\n\t Usage: cbr2cbz <filename_without_spaces.cbr>"
+    usage+="\n\t\n\t (Please don't use non-free formats like RAR/CBR)"
+    print_err(usage)
+
+#Extract images from a CBR file into a directory
+def uncompress(filename, directory):
+    UNRAR="unrar-nonfree e"
+    command=" ".join([UNRAR, "\""+filename+"\"", directory])
+    #print_err(command)
+    execute(command)
+
+#Compress a folder with images into a CBZ/ZIP file
+def compress (directory, zip_filename):
+    ZIP="zip"
+    directory=directory+"/*"
+    command=" ".join([ZIP, zip_filename, directory ])
+    execute (command)
+
+def get_filename_without_extension(filename):
+    return filename[:-4]
+
+    
+
+if len(sys.argv)!=2:
+    print_usage();
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+
+
+cbr_filename=sys.argv[1]
+cbz_filename=get_filename_without_extension(cbr_filename)+".cbz"
+temp_dir=tempfile.mkdtemp("cbr2cbz")
+
+print_err("Processing "+cbr_filename)
+
+#Extract images from CBR/RAR into a directory
+uncompress(sys.argv[1], temp_dir)
+
+#Compress images and put them into a CBZ/ZIP
+compress(temp_dir, cbz_filename)
+
+
+
+
+
+def extract (cbr_filename, dir_name):
+    pass
+    
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#execute ("dir")
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diff --git a/cbrfolder2cbz.py b/cbrfolder2cbz.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+
+def execute(command):
+    os.system(command)
+    
+def print_err(message):
+    execute(">&2 echo \""+message+"\"")
+    
+def print_usage():
+    usage="cbr2cbz A script utility to convert CBR files into CBZ files"
+    usage+="\n\t Usage: cbr2cbz <filename_without_spaces.cbr>"
+    usage+="\n\t\n\t (Please don't use non-free formats like RAR/CBR)"
+    print_err(usage)
+
+#Extract images from a CBR file into a directory
+def uncompress(filename, directory):
+    UNRAR="unrar-nonfree e"
+    command=" ".join([UNRAR, "\""+filename+"\"", directory])
+    #print_err(command)
+    execute(command)
+
+#Compress a folder with images into a CBZ/ZIP file
+def compress (directory, zip_filename):
+    ZIP="zip"
+    directory=directory+"/*"
+    command=" ".join([ZIP, zip_filename, directory ])
+    execute (command)
+
+def get_filename_without_extension(filename):
+    return filename[:-4]
+
+    
+
+if len(sys.argv)!=2:
+    print_usage();
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+
+
+cbr_filename=sys.argv[1]
+cbz_filename=get_filename_without_extension(cbr_filename)+".cbz"
+temp_dir=tempfile.mkdtemp("cbr2cbz")
+
+print_err("Processing "+cbr_filename)
+
+#Extract images from CBR/RAR into a directory
+uncompress(sys.argv[1], temp_dir)
+
+#Compress images and put them into a CBZ/ZIP
+compress(temp_dir, cbz_filename)
+
+
+
+
+
+def extract (cbr_filename, dir_name):
+    pass
+    
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#execute ("dir")
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