How to zip the standard output of a process?

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I have a process that is producing a big amount of log to the standard output in a short period of time. Is there a way to zip the standard output of my process to a file.

I am searching for something like: ./process | zip output.log.zip

Do keep in mind that `zip` and `gzip` are two very different beasts. — user, Mar 05 '12 at 13:23

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:21

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# your-command | gzip > your.gz

answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:21

adaptr

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:34

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You can do this with zip too

your-command | zip -q output.log.zip -

The output from your-command will be stored in the zip with afilename of -.

answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:34

user9517

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '20 at 15:46

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I did like to improve on above answer.

This should work.

you-command | zip somename.zip -@

answered Nov 05 '20 at 15:46

Shyam Akula

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How to zip the standard output of a process?

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