diff --git a/shells/zshrc b/shells/zshrc
index 5bc05a0..166b45a 100644
--- a/shells/zshrc
+++ b/shells/zshrc
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ alias -g L="2>&1|less"
 alias -g G='|& ag'
 alias -g AW='austenwares.com'
 export FZF_COMPLETION_OPTS='--no-mouse -m -1 -x'
+function ctar(){
+  DST=$1
+  shift
+  tar -cf - $@|pv -s $(echo $(du -sb $@|awk '{print $1}'|tr '\n' '+')0|bc)|gzip>$DST
+}
 function pcat(){
   pygmentize -f terminal "$1" | less -R 
 }