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Old 04-26-2012
gzip of a file in the same folder
I want gzip of a file in the same folder where it is kept now
$filename = '/var/dev/test.txt'
/opt/home/>>
Code:
gzip -c $filename > test.txt.gz

however command creates it in the folder in /opt/home/
How to gzip a file in the same directory where it is now , no matter from where we execute and also the file path and folder is selected from variable
and hence cant hardcode in gzip command
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Old 04-26-2012
Use regex to extract the path (everything to the left of the last slash) from $filename into $filepath, then use that in your command:

Code:
gzip -c $filename > $filepath/test.txt.gz

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-26-2012 at 10:02 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 04-26-2012
since the path is already given in the filename, and you are only adding .gz suffix, you shouldn't have to strip the path to add it back again...

Code:
gzip -c "$filename" > "$filename.gz"

this way /var/dev/test.txt goes to /var/dev/test.txt.gz
 
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