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 path/to/file

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

gzip -d|–decompress path/to/file.gz

• Compress a file, keeping the original file:

gzip -k|–keep path/to/file

• Compress a file, specifying the output filename:

gzip -c|–stdout path/to/file > path/to/compressed_file.gz

• Decompress a gzip archive specifying the output filename:

gzip -c|–stdout -d|–decompress path/to/file.gz > path/to/uncompressed_file

• Specify the compression level. 1 is the fastest (low compression), 9 is the slowest (high compression), 6 is the default:

gzip -1..9 -c|–stdout path/to/file > path/to/compressed_file.gz

• Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed or decompressed:

gzip -v|–verbose -d|–decompress path/to/file.gz