gzip

Functionality

Option	Description
-d	De - compression (default: compression)
-c	Send output to stdout

Associated Tools

• gunzip. Equivalent of gzip -d.

• zgrep. Grepping in gzip-compressed files.

• zcat. Equivalent of gzip -cd.

• zless. Paging a compressed file.

Examples

• Compressing the file cd.iso. cd.iso appears to be moved to cd.iso.gz.

  $ gzip cd.iso
  

• Compressing cd.iso, but keeping the original intact.

  $ gzip -c cd.iso > cd.iso.gz
  

• De compressing the file cd.iso.gz. cd.iso.gz appears to be moved to cd.iso.

  $ gzip -d cd.iso.gz
  

• De compressing cd.iso.gz, but keeping the original intact.

  $ gzip -cd cd.iso.gz > cd.iso