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gzip

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Compress/uncompress files with `gzip` compression (LZ77).

Options (6)

-d, --decompressboolean

Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version

Example: gzip {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}

-v, --verboseboolean

Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed

Example: gzip {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}

-k, --keepboolean

Compress a file, keeping the original file

Example: gzip {{[-k|--keep]}} {{path/to/file}}

-c, --stdoutboolean

Compress a file, specifying the output filename

Example: gzip {{[-c|--stdout]}} {{path/to/file}} > {{path/to/compressed_file.gz}}

boolean

Decompress a `gzip` archive specifying the output filename

Example: gzip {{[-cd|--stdout --decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}} > {{path/to/uncompressed_file}}

-l, --listboolean

List the contents of a compressed file

Example: gzip {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}

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