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gzip

File compression with gzip

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Verified: 2026-03-04

Syntax

$gzip [options] [file]

Optionen

-d

-c

-l

-r

Examples

$gzip file.txt

$gzip -d file.txt.gz

$gzip -c file.txt > file.txt.gz

$gzip -l file.txt.gz

See also

tar gunzip zcat

Typical use cases

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Standard usage

gzip --help

Note Compresses files using the gzip algorithm.

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