Yes but it is the receiving that mess you up, if you want to use standard shell tools and just stream it. Everything can be solved by using other tools. # pres

Yes but it is the receiving that mess you up, if you want to use standard shell tools and just stream it. Everything can be solved by using other tools. # preserve filename for i in a b; do gzip -9 $i; done # does not preserve filenames while true; done curl $patchbay| mangle | gzip -9 | curl -d@- $patchbay; done