mksquashfs

Create or append files and directories to squashfs filesystems.

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem (compressed using gzip by default)

$ mksquashfs [path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...] [filesystem.squashfs]

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, using a specific [comp]ression algorithm

$ mksquashfs [path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...] [filesystem.squashfs] -comp [gzip|lzo|lz4|xz|zstd|lzma]

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding some of them

$ mksquashfs [path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...] [filesystem.squashfs] -e [file|directory1 file|directory2 ...]

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those ending with .gz

$ mksquashfs [path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...] [filesystem.squashfs] -wildcards -e "[*.gz]"

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those matching a regular expression

$ mksquashfs [path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...] [filesystem.squashfs] -regex -e "[regular_expression]"