!/bin/bash

#!/bin/bash

# Set the base directory
base_dir="/home/howard/tickets"

# Loop through each subdirectory in the base directory
for subdir in "$base_dir"/*/; do
    # Get the name of the subdirectory
    subdir_name=$(basename "$subdir")

    # Find all files in the subdirectory that start with "investigation"
    investigation_files=("$subdir"/investigation*)

    # If there are any files, create a tarball with the subdirectory name
    if [ "${#investigation_files[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
        tar -czf "$subdir_name"_investigation.tar.gz "${investigation_files[@]}"
        echo "Created tarball: $subdir_name"_investigation.tar.gz
    else
        echo "No investigation files found in $subdir_name"
    fi
done