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gzip — Compress/uncompress files with `gzip` compression (LZ77). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/sof
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gzip command: Compress/uncompress files with gzip compression (LZ77). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html>.Solution
gzip — Compress/uncompress files with gzip compression (LZ77). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html>.Compress a file, replacing it with a
gzip archive:gzip {{path/to/file}}Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version:
gzip {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed:
gzip {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}Compress a file, keeping the original file:
gzip {{[-k|--keep]}} {{path/to/file}}Compress a file, specifying the output filename:
gzip {{[-c|--stdout]}} {{path/to/file}} > {{path/to/compressed_file.gz}}Decompress a
gzip archive specifying the output filename:gzip {{[-cd|--stdout --decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}} > {{path/to/uncompressed_file}}Specify the compression level. 1 is the fastest (low compression), 9 is the slowest (high compression), 6 is the default:
gzip -{{1..9}} {{[-c|--stdout]}} {{path/to/file}} > {{path/to/compressed_file.gz}}List the contents of a compressed file:
gzip {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}Code Snippets
Compress a file, replacing it with a `gzip` archive
gzip {{path/to/file}}Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version
gzip {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed
gzip {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}Compress a file, keeping the original file
gzip {{[-k|--keep]}} {{path/to/file}}Compress a file, specifying the output filename
gzip {{[-c|--stdout]}} {{path/to/file}} > {{path/to/compressed_file.gz}}Context
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