#! /bin/sh key='PC LOAD LETTER' lorem='Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc fermentum magna ut posuere.' echo -n "$key" | gzip | split -b 1 rm -f multi.gz for i in x??; do nfn=$(xxd -c 256 -p $i) echo -n "$lorem" > $nfn gzip -c -N $nfn >> multi.gz rm $nfn rm $i done