not sure how to write a command to compress a file.

claire80 · 03-27-2021, 07:28 PM

Got the compression of the file now but is there a command to change the name of the original command to a different name during compression of the file. I have tried to find the solution but can't find one that does it at the same time of compression.

computersavvy · 03-27-2021, 09:01 PM

use a 2 line shell script.
the first line will do the compression (I assume you use gzip -- or even tar as you had in your earlier post)
the second line can rename the compressed file.

If you are doing more than one file then the script can handle that as well with a for or while loop as it reads the original file names and compresses them.

claire80 · 03-27-2021, 09:18 PM

Thank you again. Will definitely get it this time.

shruggy · 03-28-2021, 05:35 AM

Another possibility is described in the GNU Gzip manual

Code:

gzip -c uncompressed_file >compressed_file.gz