nodejs Zip pipeline

index.mjs

import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as zlib from 'zlib';

const file = process.argv[2]; // node index.mjs <file>

fs.createReadStream(file)
  .pipe(zlib.createGzip())
  .on('data', () => process.stdout.write('.'))
  .pipe(fs.createWriteStream('fileZipped.gz'))
  .on('finish', () => console.log('done'));