Compress Files in Unix using *.sh from *.sh

[saw15]

Using Unix and rather new..

I am creating multiple *.txt extracts from oracle and then ftp'ing them to another server. I would like to compress or zip all of the files prior to ftp'ing from Unix to NT, but am not quite sure how to setup the *.sh file.

It seems that I could simply write:

compress file1
compress file2
etc .. to file 25

in a *.sh script.

Any help .. (an example would be great) is much appreciated.

I will be calling this *.sh from another *.sh (in case that matters).

Thanks again.

 

[crowe]

put all the files in their own sub-directory. then a little for loop...

for FILE in `ls` ; do
compress $FILE
done


crowe

 

[Required]

You can use gzip to compress all your files.

gzip *.txt

Then WinZip can be used on the NT side.

With compress, you can try this:

compress -f *.txt

 

[saw15]

Thanks for the assistance..

Crowe.. quick question, I would like to use the looping method and would like some clarification if you can provide it.

I am calling the test.sh script from one directory, In this test.sh script, I will do the loop:

for file in 'ls'; do
compress $FILE
done

My question is such .. the files are actaully in another directory specified by the variable exppath. Do I need to specify the variable or path in prior to the 'ls'? Or in the 'ls' statement?

Again.. thanks.

 

[MikeLacey]

for file in 'ls /correct/path/' Mike
______________________________________________________________________
"Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald."

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[crowe]

MikeLacey is right on. Within the 'ls' statement.

crowe