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Trouble with Shell Script Compressing file

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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
You will create a shell script that performs the following action:

Use a parameter to pass a file that contains a list of file locations.
Read the list of file locations and store it as a variable
Using the list of file location create a compressed file, do not show any output from this command
Display the contents of the compressed file
Display the size of the newly created compressed file

Keep getting the following errors/outputs:
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /phager/Desktop: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

The script still creates the compression file, but when I try to display the file size and file name with the stat command I get more info than I want, all I need to display is the file size and name after the echo command "The size of file1.tgz is:"

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Creating Compressed File from file1"
while read $file1; do
echo "Contents of file are:"
cat file1
tar cvzf file1.tgz /phager/Desktop
echo "The size of file1.tgz is:"
stat file1.tgz
done < file1

3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):

4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI, USA, Peter Gross, ICS240, https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/ava...201610&c=55462

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Name
lmfsetup - License Management Facility PAK registration script

Syntax
/etc/lmfsetup [ template ]

Description
The script allows you to register data supplied by a Product Authorization Key (PAK). The script prompts you for the data associated with
each of the fields on a PAK. When all the data has been entered, the License Management Facility (LMF) ensures there are entries against
all the mandatory fields, and that the Checksum validates all the license data. If the data has been entered correctly, the PAK is regis-
tered in the License Database. If the data has been entered incorrectly, the appropriate error message is displayed and you are given the
opportunity to re-enter the data.

The template option allows you to register license data from templates in A template containing a partially complete PAK is created by some
products as part of their installation process. The script only prompts you for data on the fields that are empty in the template. If the
script cannot find the specified template in it searches the current directory.

The script is provided as an alternative to the command. This displays a template, which includes the fields on the PAK, and invokes an
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