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ChrisP
ChrisP

Reputation: 137

Linux zip up all log files

I'm trying to zip up all .log files in a my log directory. I want to zip each log file individually and keep it in the same directory, then delete the original. I'm somewhat new to using Linux and for loops in Linux. Here is the for loop I'm trying to run

ssh user@SERVER "for i in *.log; do zip -m \"${i%.*}.zip\" \"${i%.*}\".*; done"

What ended up happening is all of my hidden files got zipped up. Like I said, I'm kinda new so, whatever syntax error I made isn't jumping out at me. Any help would be appreciated

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1624

Answers (1)

netizen
netizen

Reputation: 1083

Try this (you were near)

ssh user@SERVER 'for i in *.log; do echo zip -m "\${i/.log/.zip}" "\${i}"; done'

If the output seems correct, remove the echo

Upvotes: 1

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