Output file info and compress

fileoutput.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Initializations
file=$1

# wc command gets word, line, bytes count
# < input operator gets info from file so filename is not added
lines=$(wc -l < "$file")
words=$(wc -w < "$file")
characters=$(wc -m < "$file")
bytes=$(wc -c < "$file")

# Set file name plus out to be reused
outputfilename="$file.tar.xz"
outputfilesize=0

# Compress input file, output
tar -cfJ $outputfilename $file

# set outfile bytes to new value
outputbytes=$(wc -c < "$outputfilename")

# Output bytes, use \ for spacing printf nicely, \n for new line
printf "Output \
        bytes $outputbytes \n
        "
        
# Use variable inside string to get it to work
printf "$line \n $words \n $characters \n bytes $bytes \n"