
gzip
Compress/uncompress files with gzip compression (LZ77).
- Compress a file, replacing it with a gzipped compressed version:
gzip {{file.ext}}
- Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version:
gzip -d {{file.ext}}.gz
- Compress a file specifying the output filename:
gzip -c {{file.ext}} > {{compressed_file.ext}}.gz
- Uncompress a gzipped file specifying the output filename:
gzip -c -d {{file.ext}}.gz > {{uncompressed_file.ext}}
- Specify the compression level. 1=Fastest (Worst), 9=Slowest (Best), Default level is 6:
gzip -9 -c {{file.ext}} > {{compressed_file.ext}}.gz
