Gzip multiple files individually and keep the original files

Question

I am looking to gzip multiple files (into multiple .gz files) in a directory while keeping the originals.

I can do individual files using these commands:

Answer 1

I'd use bash(1)'s simple for construct for this:

for f in *cache.html ; do gzip -c "$f" > "$f.gz" ; done

If I knew the filenames were 'sane', I'd leave off the "" around the arguments, because I'm lazy. And my filenames are usually sane. But scripts don't have that luxury.