Bash script to tar multiples directories supplied by the user in a single command...

tar-them.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "No directory supplied..."
fi

for f in $*;
do
 echo "Compressing: $f";
 tar czf $f.tgz $f
 chmod a+r $f.tgz
 echo "Done..."
done;