Or simply "tar -czvf output.gz *.jpg", to replace the gzip example below. Why not use tar. tar -czvf images.tar.gz image1 image2 image3 On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, wrote: Is there a way to gzip multiple image files into a single .gz file? I found this example online, but it did not work for me. gzip -c *.jpg > output.gz