diff --git a/common/utils/T/tracer/extract_prs_dumps.sh b/common/utils/T/tracer/extract_prs_dumps.sh
index 875c9da702..dd56940e41 100755
--- a/common/utils/T/tracer/extract_prs_dumps.sh
+++ b/common/utils/T/tracer/extract_prs_dumps.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-: ${1?"Usage: $0 [-g num_gnb] [-n num_rsc] [-f filename]"}
+: ${1?"Usage: $0 [-g num_gnb] [-n num_rsc] [-f filename] [-c count]"}
 
 # Usage info
 show_help()
 {
 echo "
-        Usage with script arguments: [-g num_gnb] [-n num_rsc] [-f filename] 
+    Usage of script with arguments: [-g num_gnb] [-n num_rsc] [-f filename] [-c count]
 
-        -g num_gnb	Number of active gNBs
-        -n num_rsc      Number of PRS resources
-	-f filename     T tracer recorded .raw filename
+    -g num_gnb    Number of active gNBs
+    -n num_rsc    Number of PRS resources
+    -f filename   T tracer recorded .raw filename
+    -c count      Number of dump instances to be extacted
 
-        For Example: ./extract_prs_dumps.sh -g 1 -n 8 -f fr2_64_prbs.raw
+    For Example:  ./extract_prs_dumps.sh -g 1 -n 8 -f fr2_64_prbs.raw -c 100
 
-        -h              Help
+    -h            Help
 "
 exit 0
 }
 
-while getopts g:n:f:h flag
+while getopts g:n:f:c:h flag
 do
    case "${flag}" in
       g) num_gnb=${OPTARG};;
       n) num_rsc=${OPTARG};;
       f) file=${OPTARG};;
+      c) count=${OPTARG};;
       h) show_help;;
       *) exit -1;;
    esac
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ done
 echo "num_gnb: $num_gnb";
 echo "num_rsc: $num_rsc";
 echo "filename: $file";
+echo "count: $count";
 
 for (( i = 0; i < $num_gnb; i++ ))
 do
@@ -38,9 +41,14 @@ do
    do
       name=chF_gnb${i}_${j}.raw
       echo "Extracting $name"
-      ./extract -d ../T_messages.txt $file UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE_FREQ chestF_t -f eNB_ID $i -f rsc_id $j -o $name -count 100
+      ./extract -d ../T_messages.txt $file UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE_FREQ chestF_t -f eNB_ID $i -f rsc_id $j -o $name -count $count
       name=chT_gnb${i}_${j}.raw
       echo "Extracting $name"
-      ./extract -d ../T_messages.txt $file UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE chest_t -f eNB_ID $i -f rsc_id $j -o $name -count 100
+      ./extract -d ../T_messages.txt $file UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE chest_t -f eNB_ID $i -f rsc_id $j -o $name -count $count
    done
 done
+
+# zip the extracted dumps
+name=prs_dumps.tgz
+tar cvzf $name chF_gnb* chT_gnb*
+echo "created a zip file $name"