znew — Recompress files from `.Z` to gzip format. More information: <https://manned.org/znew>.

Recompress a file from `.Z` to gzip format

znew {{path/to/file1.Z}}

Recompress multiple files and display the achieved size reduction % per file

znew -v {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Recompress a file using the slowest compression method (for optimal compression)

znew -9 {{path/to/file1.Z}}

Recompress a file, [K]eeping the `.Z` file if it is smaller than the gzip file

znew -K {{path/to/file1.Z}}