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   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # One stop shop for file compression in various formats
   3 [ $# -lt 2 ] && echo "Usage: compress <output> <files...>" && exit 1
   4 out="$1"; shift
   5 case "$out" in
   6     *.tar.gz|*.tgz) tar czf "$out" "$@";;
   7     *.tar.xz|*.txz) tar cJf "$out" "$@";;
   8     *.tar.bz2) tar cjf "$out" "$@";;
   9     *.tar) tar cf "$out" "$@";;
  10     *.zip) zip -r "$out" "$@";;
  11     *.7z) 7z a "$out" "$@";;
  12     *.gz) gzip -c "$1" > "$out";;
  13     *.xz) xz -c "$1" > "$out";;
  14     *.bz2) bzip2 -c "$1" > "$out";;
  15     *) printf "Unknown format: \033[31;1m%s\033[0m\n" "$out"; exit 1;;
  16 esac