Linux-Ubuntu | gzip/gunzip -- compression/decompression

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1. Examples

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1. Examples
   • Compressing a file:
     
     This will compress the file "file1" and rename it to "file1.gz": $ touch file1 $ ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 mtitek mtitek 5632 3 Feb 21:01 file1 $ gzip file1 $ ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 mtitek mtitek 242 3 Feb 21:01 file1.gz
     
   • Decompressing a file:
     
     
     • This will decompress the file "file1.gz" and rename it to "file1": $ gzip -d file1.gz $ ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 mtitek mtitek 5632 3 Feb 21:01 file1
       
   • Decompressing a file (gunzip):
     
     
     • You can use gunzip to decompress the file "file1.gz" and rename it to "file1": $ gunzip file1.gz $ ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 mtitek mtitek 5632 3 Feb 21:01 file1