Name
gzip — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
gzip [options
] [files
]
gzip
and gunzip
compress and uncompress files in
GNU Zip format. Compressed files have the suffix .gz.
Sample commands
|
Compress
|
|
Produce compressed data on standard output. |
|
Produce compressed data from a pipeline. |
|
Uncompress
|
|
Uncompress the data on standard output. |
|
Uncompress the data from a pipeline. |
|
Uncompress the data on standard output. |
gzipped tar files: sample commands
|
Pack directory
|
|
List contents. |
|
Unpack. |
Add the -v
option to
tar
to print filenames as they
are processed.
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