diff --git a/compress_and_copy.sh b/compress_and_copy.sh
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+ls *.dat > ll
+l=`cat ll | wc -l`
+for i in `seq 1 $l`;
+do
+  line=`head -n $i ll | tail -n 1`
+  zstd -9 "$line" -o "$line".zstd
+  sha512sum "$line".zstd > "$line".zstd.sha512sum
+done
+cp -v *.zstd.sha512sum $1
+cp -vf timing* $1
+cp -v status* $1
+cp -v *.zstd $1
+echo "`hostname` has finished writeout"