gzip file compression and decompression

gzip file compression and decompression

Purpose

Compress or decompress files in the .gz format.

Usage:

 

 

 

Options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description:

By default, gzip keeps the original file name and timestamp in the compressed file.

These are used when decompressing the file with the -N option. This is useful when the compressed file name was truncated or when the time stamp was not preserved after a file transfer.



 

 

The compressed file looks like this:



 

 

 

 

You can even compress multiple files at once.



 

 

To compress all the files in a current directory.



 

 

Compressed files can be restored to their original form using gzip -d or gunzip or zcat.

 

 

It will decompress the above mentioned 3 screenshots. you can perform the same operation using gunzip command:



 

 

You can decompress all the files just like gzip using gunzip command.



 

 

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