output as compressed?

[ahdee]

Hi I was wondering if its possible to output the files as compressed?
I tried doing this.

seqtk subseq $fq1 names2.txt > strip2_R1.fq.gz

but the resulting file is still ASCII based and not compressed.

Thanks!

[Heng Li]

Please pipe to gzip.

[ahdee]

Thanks, did'nt think about that until posting.