How to Compress?
1. Go to the files directory. (as example, /test)
# cd /test
# ls
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
file4.txt
2. Execute below command. The command will find the files and compress it together.
find . -type f -name "file*.txt" -exec gzip {} \; &
How to Extract?
1. Go to the files directory. Execute below command
gunzip *
Note:
You can execute the command as in background if the you are having >100 files. grep the process to find the current status.
