gzip files and keep original file
Written by Guillermo Garron
Date: 2012-12-23 15:20:32 00:00
When you gzip files, the original file is deleted.
If you have file.txt
and gzip it with gzip file.txt
you will now have file.txt.gz
but the original file is not there anymore.
To be able to gzip files and keep the original files untouched you can use this small script.
#!/bin/bash
for i in $@; do
gzip -c $i > $i.gz
done
That works because you are redirecting the output of gzip to a new file.