How to Compress files before moving them in a directory

godalle · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005

I need a shell script that zips a file before moving them..please help

RishiPahuja · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005

Try this:

for i in `cat filelist.txt`
do
gzip $i
mv $i".gz" $destination
done

hope it helps.

rishi

vino · #3 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by RishiPahuja

Try this:

for i in `cat filelist.txt`
do
gzip $i
mv $i".gz" $destination
done

hope it helps.

rishi

The same thing without the UUOC and in ksh

Code:

for i in $(< filelist.txt)
do
gzip $i
mv $i".gz" $destination
done

blowtorch · #4 (**permalink**) 11-10-2005

Wont this work as well?

Code:

for i in $(<filelist.txt); do
gzip -c $i > $destination/$i.gz
rm $i
done

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