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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