Create a GZIP compressed file containing SAXS data of a user

tar_SAXS_data.sh

#!/bin/bash
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# [Normand Cyr] tar_data.sh
#   Create a GZIP compressed file containing SAXS data of a user
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

VERSION=0.1.0
#USAGE="Usage: tar_data -ihv args"

# name of the data file to create
data_file_name="saxs_data.tar"
data_file_name_gzip=$data_file_name".gz"

# output message
echo
echo "Creating a compressed file containing SAXS data numbered $1 to $2."
echo


# parse CLI start and end arguments
for i in $(seq $1 $2)
do
  # add each corresponding file to tar
  for file in "0"$i"*.tiff"
  do
    tar rf $data_file_name $file
  done
done

# gzip the tar archive and remove the tar
tar cfz $data_file_name_gzip $data_file_name
rm $data_file_name

echo "Done."
echo "The full name of the compressed archive is"
echo
echo $(pwd)"/$data_file_name_gzip"
echo