tldr/pages/common/gzip.md

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 uncomrpessed 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