gzip

Compress/uncompress files with gzip compression (LZ77). More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html.

• Compress a file, replacing it with a gzip archive:

gzip {{file.ext}}

• Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version:

gzip -d {{file.ext}}.gz

• Compress a file, keeping the original file:

gzip --keep {{file.ext}}

• Compress a file specifying the output filename:

gzip -c {{file.ext}} > {{compressed_file.ext.gz}}

• Decompress a gzip archive 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}}